Il passato prossimo (irregular past participles)

Il passato prossimo (irregular past participles)

Bravi! Auguri!

You have learned the first step in using the passato prossimo to talk about things in the past!

Now it’s time to take another step forward and learn about some of the verbs that don’t follow all of the rules that you’ve learned.

Some verbs form their -ed/simple past form by changing the ending to -ato/-uto/-ito. These are called regular past participles.

There are also some verbs that DON’T follow this rule. These are called irregular past participles and we have the same idea in English, too!

I walked (regular)

I ran (irregular not *runned)

I studied (regular)

I wrote (irregular not *writed)

I prepared (regular)

I drank (irregular not *drinked)

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What are three other verbs in English that have an irregular simple past?

(e.g. ran, wrote, drank)

See if you can figure out which irregular past participle goes with which verb by using this Quizlet matching set.

https://quizlet.com/82980656/match

Play through the matching FIVE TIMES!

(link also on Schoology)

Other that the irregular past particple, these verbs work just like the ones we’ve already done in the passato prossimo.

ho camminato (regular)

ho corso (irregular not *corruto)

ho studiato (regular)

ho scritto (irregular not *scrivuto)

ho preparato (regular)

ho bevuto (irregular not *buto)

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How would you say we ran in Italiano?

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How would you say you wrote in Italiano?

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How would you say they drank in Italiano?

These irregular past participles need to be memorized. There are no real rules or patterns, other that that they end in -to or -so.

Here is a chart to reference, and you should spend LOTS of time with this quizlet set!

https://quizlet.com/82980656/irregular-past-participles-flash-cards/

(link also on Schoology)

*The verbs marked with a star are doubly weird. They take essere instead of avere as the first part in the passato prossimo. We’ll do more with this later! For right now just focus on learning the irregular past participles.

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How would you say I opened in Italiano?

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How would you say you closed in Italiano?

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How would you say s/he painted in Italiano?

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How would you say we read (passato prossimo!) in Italiano?

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How would you say y'all won in Italiano?

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How would you say they laughed in Italiano?