{"id":9220,"date":"2022-11-09T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=9220"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:04:53","slug":"italian-time-expressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/italian-time-expressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Time Expressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following time expressions can be used when talking about actions which happened in the past:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>L&#8217;altro giorno<\/strong>\u00a0(<span class=\"style203\">The other day<\/span>, not clear exactly what day): we use a past tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">L&#8217;altro giorno<\/span> ho incontrato Andrea al supermercato.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(The other day I met Andrea at the supermarket.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">La settimana scorsa<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(<span class=\"style203\">Last week)<\/span>: we use a past tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">La settimana scorsa<\/span> sono andata a Roma.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Last week I went to Rome.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">La settimana prossima<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Next week): we use a present tense or a future tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">La settimana prossima<\/span> ci sar\u00e0 l&#8217; esame.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(There is an exam next week.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Il mese scorso<\/span><\/strong>: we use a past tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Il mese scorso<\/span> ho cambiato lavoro.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(I changed jobs last month.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Il mese prossimo<\/strong>\u00a0(<span class=\"style203\">Next month)<\/span>: we use a present or future tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Il mese prossimo<\/span> inizia la primavera.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Spring starts next month.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>L&#8217;anno scorso<\/strong>\u00a0(<span class=\"style203\">Last year)<\/span>: we use a past tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">L&#8217;anno scorso<\/span> mi sono laureata.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(I graduated last year.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>L&#8217;anno prossimo<\/strong>\u00a0(<span class=\"style203\">Next year)<\/span>: we use a present or future tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">L&#8217;anno prossimo<\/span> devo cambiare casa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(I have to move house next year.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Poco fa &#8211; Mezz&#8217;ora fa<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(<span class=\"style203\">A short time ago)<\/span>: we use a past tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Poco fa<\/span> ho parlato con Carla.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(I spoke to Carla a short time ago.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adesso<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Ora<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>In questo momento<\/strong>\u00a0(<span class=\"style203\">Now &#8211; at the moment)<\/span>: a period which is continuing at the time of speaking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Marta <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">in questo momento <\/span>sta studiando.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Marta is studying at the moment.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following time expressions can be used when talking about actions which happened in the past: L&#8217;altro giorno\u00a0(The other day, not clear exactly what day): we use a past tense. L&#8217;altro giorno ho incontrato Andrea al supermercato. &nbsp; (The other day I met Andrea at the supermarket.) La settimana scorsa\u00a0(Last week): we use a past tense. La settimana scorsa sono [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[486],"class_list":["post-9220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-reference","tag-intermediate-level-b1-b2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Italian Time Expressions - Grammar reference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn Italian online with our free Italian grammar reference. 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