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Starlet Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Simple past or present perfect?
Hi, I'm a little confused about using the simple past or the present perfect.
For example, if I must translate a past sentence from Italian to English, what's the correct form? Please, help me.
Thanks
P.S.: I'm not English, I'm Italian
For example, if I must translate a past sentence from Italian to English, what's the correct form? Please, help me.
Thanks
P.S.: I'm not English, I'm Italian
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Hello Starlet Unfortunately it's not always possible to map Italian tenses directly to English ones, but here's a rough guide. It's probably easiest to take each tense separately in each language: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. g.
- Hello Starlet Unfortunately it's not always possible to map Italian tenses directly to English ones, but here's a rough guide.
- It's probably easiest to take each tense separately in each language: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.
- g.
- 'disse' > 'he said'.
- ) 2.
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Hello Starlet
Unfortunately it's not always possible to map Italian tenses directly
to English ones, but here's a rough guide. It's probably easiest to
take each tense separately in each language:
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1. Passato remoto
Usually becomes the simple past, e.g. 'disse' > 'he said'.
Unfortunately it's not always possible to map Italian tenses directly
to English ones, but here's a rough guide. It's probably easiest to
take each tense separately in each language:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Passato remoto
Usually becomes the simple past, e.g. 'disse' > 'he said'.
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