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The past for habits, descriptions, and how things were.
- parlavoio (parlare) — regular -are imperfetto: -avoI was speaking / I used to speak
- parlavitu (parlare)you were speaking / used to speak
- parlavalui / lei (parlare)he / she was speaking / used to speak
- parlavamonoi (parlare)we were speaking / used to speak
- parlavatevoi (parlare)you (all) were speaking / used to speak
- parlavanoloro (parlare) — stress on the first 'a': parlàvanothey were speaking / used to speak
- vedevoio (vedere) — regular -ere imperfetto: -evoI was seeing / used to see
- vedevalui / lei (vedere)he / she was seeing / used to see
- vedevamonoi (vedere)we were seeing / used to see
- dormivoio (dormire) — regular -ire imperfetto: -ivoI was sleeping / used to sleep
- dormivalui / lei (dormire)he / she was sleeping / used to sleep
- dormivamonoi (dormire)we were sleeping / used to sleep
- ero / eri / eraessere (irregular): io ero, tu eri, lui/lei eraI was / you were / he-she was
- eravamo / eravate / eranoessere (irregular): noi eravamo, voi eravate, loro eranowe were / you (all) were / they were
- avevo / avevi / avevaavere (regular -ere pattern on the avev- stem): io avevo, tu avevi, lui/lei avevaI had / you had / he-she had
- avevamo / avevanoavere: noi avevamo, loro avevanowe had / they had
- facevo / facevafare (irregular stem facev-): io facevo, lui/lei facevaI was doing / used to do, he-she was doing
- facevamo / facevanofare (irregular stem facev-): noi facevamo, loro facevanowe were doing / they were doing
- Da bambino dormivo moltoImperfetto = habit / how things were: 'As a child I used to sleep a lot.' No defined endAs a child I used to sleep a lot
- Mangiavo / Ho mangiatoImperfetto vs passato prossimo: 'was eating / used to eat' (ongoing, habit) vs 'ate / have eaten' (one completed action)was eating (ongoing) vs ate (done)
- Dormivo quando hai chiamatoBoth together: imperfetto (background, dormivo) interrupted by passato prossimo (event, hai chiamato)I was sleeping when you called