white handout: passato con essere

Al presente:  Oggi... (use present indicative, not the gerundio) Al passato prossimo, con essere:  Ieri... All of the following take essere as their auxiliary verb. The past participle ending agrees with the subject. _ _ Io. I’m going. _  I went.  I’m staying. (restare) _  I stayed.  I’m arriving. _  I arrived.  Tu.   Are you coming to the house? _  Did you come to the house? How are you? (stare) _  How were you? (at that moment) Are you going? _ Did you go? Lui, Lei, lei. She goes out. (uscire) _ She went out. The class is finishing. _ The class is finished. How’s it going? _ How did it go? How is dinner? _ How was dinner?

Are you (Lei) going? _  Did you go? He is entering the store. (entrare nel negozio) _   He entered the store. The movie is starting late. _ The movie started late. She falls down. (cadere) _ She fell down. Noi.  We go out. (uscire) _ We went out. We are fine. (stare) _ We were fine. We’re coming to the party with Elena. _ We came to the party with Elena. We are departing for Rome. (partire) _ We departed for Rome. Voi. Are you returning to the hotel? (tornare all’albergo) _ Did you return to the hotel? Are you going? _ Did you go? Loro.  They go out. _ They went out. They are arriving. _ They arrived. They are going to Rome. _ They went to Rome.