MAKING SENSE OF ITALIAN TENSES [Italian Grammar Explained]

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  • A recap video to summarize and make sense of Italian tenses.
    Sharing tips to avoid the most common mistakes English speakers do when learning Italian.
    DOWNLOAD the worksheet here: tinyurl.com/italiantenses
    Chapters:
    00:00 intro
    00:47 Presente
    02:38 Passato Prossimo
    03:46 Imperfetto
    05:47 Future
    06:40 Condizionale
    07:28 Congiuntivo
    08:57 Moods vs Tenses
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  • @CobbBill
    @CobbBill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    In over 20 years of Italian study, this is BY FAR, the BEST explanation of the Italian tenses in (perfect) English! I wish that I had seen this years ago. Thank you!!!

    • @wolfgangdinges9790
      @wolfgangdinges9790 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely!

    • @marilyc2376
      @marilyc2376 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here, I completely agree 😊

  • @umerkhalid1820
    @umerkhalid1820 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I newly moved to Italy. Its been like 3 months I was unable to understand where should I have to start. Now after a long struggle, you came to rescue me. Thanks for your simple and to the point videos. Bravo

  • @frankfiddler1144
    @frankfiddler1144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    It is clear that Italian grammar tenses are build and associated with the mood of the speaker. Which, if you think about it, that is what communication is all about. Great Lesson!!!

    • @tullochgorum6323
      @tullochgorum6323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, most languages I'm aware of have a concept of mood - even Japanese and to some extent, Chinese. We have it in English too - it's just that most native speakers don't notice because we learned it intuitively through many years of intensive immersion.

  • @GETJD27
    @GETJD27 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ive been studying italian for 2 years now and it only took me 12minutes to understand these verbs through this video. Grazie mille!

  • @swirls17229
    @swirls17229 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It feels like i learned so much in one video

  • @helenet8901
    @helenet8901 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm just starting to learn italian and this was SO HELPFULL! thanks!! ❤

  • @trishalamb138
    @trishalamb138 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ll be watching this video over and over and taking notes! Grazie mille!

  • @Greenplastics
    @Greenplastics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ti faccio i comimenti per la chiarezza. Io sono italiano ed ho vissuto per 15 anni a Londra, quindi capisco bene l'inglese. Finalmente dopo tanti anni sento spiegare più dettagliatamente il motivo per cui ho sempre trovato difficile capire quel concetto di azione iniziata che continua nel tempo, e altre cose simili, che tanto mi mettono in difficoltà nella scelta del giusto tempo passato in inglese.
    Ovviamente col tempo ho imparato ad usare i tenses giusti nelle varie tipologie di frasi, ma a me piace capire il perché delle cose, per poter avere più autonomia comunicativa.
    Tu ti starai chiedendo: ma io insegno italiano, non inglese!
    Vabbè, a me piace imparare un po' tutto quello che ritengo interessante, e mi piacciono tanto le lingue e i dialetti. Ritengo anche che sia importante capire la grammatica, per padroneggiare una lingua. Cosa che spesso viene ritenuta inutile.
    Poi a scuola spesso si perdeva più tempo ad imparare a memoria le varie coniugazioni, piuttosto che capire perché se ne dovesse usare una oppure un'altra.
    Alcuni dettagli della nostra grammatica li ho imparati grazie ai libri sui quali mia moglie studiava l'italiano anni fa. Le cose spiegate per farle capire ai madrelingua inglesi, mi hanno aperto un mondo. Anche la fonetica è interessante.

  • @philipcagg9865
    @philipcagg9865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Video's like this help tie up loose ends from the book study. Verbs and their conjugations and proper usage, for me, have been the most challenging part of learning Italian. You are a very good teacher.

  • @zdrame61
    @zdrame61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a native french speaker it’s much easier for me to understand everything since we have the exact same tense in french it’s so similar !!
    I had fun finding every equivalents haha
    Presente->présent
    passato prossimo->passé composé
    imperfetto->imparfait
    future->futur
    condizionale->conditionnel
    congiuntivo->subjonctif
    imperativo->impératif

    • @investlikeawarrior
      @investlikeawarrior ปีที่แล้ว

      I just started learning French. Any advice for getting those tenses correct ?

    • @tamaratroublemaker2568
      @tamaratroublemaker2568 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because they belong to the same group of romance languages

  • @PaintingsdrawingsBymerel
    @PaintingsdrawingsBymerel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m native Dutch and the tenses are used quite the same way. So when I’m translating in mij head , most of the time the outcome would be correct. We don’t have the ‘ have been etc’ in the first place 😂🎉

  • @investlikeawarrior
    @investlikeawarrior ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wanted to say, that this concept of “the past doesn’t influence the present” has completely broken my American 🇺🇸 mind. 😂. I’m stuck in a deep philosophical hole of how my culture functions based on a simple grammar rule

  • @silence4682
    @silence4682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Can you please make a video on how to build sentences using these tenses?

  • @anonimettalontana4944
    @anonimettalontana4944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This clears some things up! Thanks for this great video!

  • @pppp67567
    @pppp67567 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Super helpful thank you!

  • @johnrobinson4445
    @johnrobinson4445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Instantly useful. Thank you.

  • @noell6496
    @noell6496 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well crafted. You make it so simple to understand. Grazie!

  • @curtpiazza1688
    @curtpiazza1688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant presentation! Thanx for putting a clear perspective on the tense system of both Italian and English!

  • @BettyRingel-xg1xr
    @BettyRingel-xg1xr หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was a wonderful explanation. Thank you so much❤❤❤

  • @xanthitheodosiou
    @xanthitheodosiou 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a helpful video! Grazie mille!

  • @noelleboehm1142
    @noelleboehm1142 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very Helpful for me and Grazie! I learned a lot.

  • @smirtikamishra657
    @smirtikamishra657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg you are amazing !!! such great energy !

  • @Nikolina_777
    @Nikolina_777 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your advice is golden!!!🥇

  • @emmaflack6986
    @emmaflack6986 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video thank you everything is much clearer 🙂

  • @bryanmurphy3328
    @bryanmurphy3328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's always good to learn new things . All knowledge is contextual. This video puts it all together in a package that gives tenses and moods a context. This enables language learners and others to better achieve a level of Italian language. Complimenti !

  • @listener-md
    @listener-md 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gem of a lesson.

  • @thorstenwestheiderphotogra7722
    @thorstenwestheiderphotogra7722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bellissima spiegazione, non riesco a capire come mai questo video non abbia più "Mi piace", vale assolutamente la pena guardarlo almeno per chi parla l'inglese abbastanza bene (sono tedesco). Lo condivido, sperando che ottenga qualche pollice in su di più.

  • @tutornotepad
    @tutornotepad ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this clear explanation of the difference between tenses and moods. I learned Spanish many years ago, and I use the subjunctive (congiuntivo) and conditional a lot. I always thought of them as different tenses. Now I see the difference. Grazie!

  • @markushogberg8130
    @markushogberg8130 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful! Grazie :)

  • @zigababnik8780
    @zigababnik8780 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great! I know basic Italian and can make some simple, short conversations but lack grammar knowledge and vocabulary. It was a very good and clear way of explaining. Greetings from Slovenia.

  • @bernadettebong7296
    @bernadettebong7296 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grazie. Molto utile.

  • @alicia2885
    @alicia2885 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I agree! Same here!

  • @khalidzihadkhan3586
    @khalidzihadkhan3586 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks a lot

  • @jbbyebye
    @jbbyebye 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much. I hope you are doing well and will make another video again.

  • @babycakes8727
    @babycakes8727 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @purronnaspaw
    @purronnaspaw 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I realize I may never be good at grammar, just not my forte , but you are definitely a good teacher, and you help me understand better.

  • @gorgiogarzeti9309
    @gorgiogarzeti9309 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks You are the best

  • @tallblokeadventures
    @tallblokeadventures 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grazie mille per questo. I've no idea why so few teachers of Italian to English speakers explain what, for me, is fundamental. The verb table and what it consists of. Knowing what moods and tenses are helps so much. The other part I liked is comparing Italian tenses to English ones. I was always thinking ' It must be more complicated than simply using the Present tense '. Now I know that sometimes it is just as basic as that.

  • @esraashahien3467
    @esraashahien3467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect video! Thank you.

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, thank YOU for being here! I am so glad you find it useful!! 💛

  • @LimeGreenTeknii
    @LimeGreenTeknii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Me: "Ugh, do I really want to do Italian after learning all my Spanish tenses?"
    Italian: "You've got to be careful, you see we'd say 'la casa era grande e luminosa.'"
    Spanish: "La casa era grande y luminosa."

  • @EnglishLiteratureMadeEasy
    @EnglishLiteratureMadeEasy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well explained

  • @markweber6593
    @markweber6593 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Eccellente !

  • @altnarrative
    @altnarrative 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic, thorough video. I can't understand why you have so few subs and views but I'm sure that will change soon. Grazie mille per aiutare.

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grazie mille!! 😊 I am just getting started here on TH-cam, but I hope to grow in the future! Thank you for stopping by 💛

  • @masterchief167
    @masterchief167 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please make more videos!!!

  • @sarakusio9673
    @sarakusio9673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's an awesome video! Would you maybe do a video with some recommendations of grammar books, exercises and so on?

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's a great idea! Grazie Sara!! :) I will!

  • @marthao5799
    @marthao5799 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravissima! Molto utile

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ciao Martha! Sono contenta che tu lo abbia trovato utile!! :)

  • @habeng7208
    @habeng7208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for your brilliant analysis Bella Martina 🙏🎁💝👍🌟. You are quite a genius. Grazie Mille 🙏💝🙏🎁🙏

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, thank you! I am glad you found it interesting and useful! ;)

  • @DJJonPattrsn22
    @DJJonPattrsn22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @~0:50 actually, the present tense is NOT the first tense that is always (or typically) learned/taught in "every" language.
    Your declaration is certainly correct for the vast majority of languages; and (as far as I know) for all Indo-European languages this is true.
    But some notable exceptions are certain Semitic languages (in the Afro-Asiatic family). In both Atabic & Amharic dictionaries you won't find the infinitive forms of verbs as an entry. To look up a verb one must search for the 3rd person (singular) past tense conjugation. And it is the past tense that is learned first.
    I realize & understand that this really has nothing to do with Italian. Although it is an interesting matter of fact that Amharic was the official working language of Ethiopia while Italy was attending to colonize it, and until the 1991 revolution, and it remains the primary language of the federal government.
    It is wise to avoid the use of absolutes in most contexts (words such as: all, every, none, always, never and so on). It is almost certain that there will be some exception in almost any context.
    You should at least realize that if you do choose to use absolutes, this will probably be taken as an invitation to correct you by anyone familiar with a specific exception.

  • @davideb.6543
    @davideb.6543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Martina, Thank you for your video, they are very interesting

  • @Deibi078
    @Deibi078 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes

  • @Fortuna22166
    @Fortuna22166 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is more than a lesson for me. A kinda liberation 🤣

  • @felipefolador8046
    @felipefolador8046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome. Congrats. You ve got my like and subscription. I am brazilian and beginner in italian language.

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fantastico! Thank you so much! I really appreciate you being here! And in bocca al lupo with your Italian Learning journey!

  • @azmoncomfort233
    @azmoncomfort233 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sei bravissima e bellissima!!! Grazie!

  • @olfatety
    @olfatety ปีที่แล้ว

    you are great i think you should be 3 millions not 3 thousands , Please continue

  • @Alexandra-bk5pi
    @Alexandra-bk5pi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mi piace moltissimo la tua “way of explaining”. Semplice e pratica. Interessantissimo video grazie mille 🙏

  • @afifaparween1580
    @afifaparween1580 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video ❤️

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you liked it! Thank you for coming by!

  • @nicolescott89
    @nicolescott89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woow Brava. Una bella lezione grazie per la clarificazione 🥰😁 xxx

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sono contenta che ti sia piaciuta! ❤️❤️

    • @davideb.6543
      @davideb.6543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She is the best teacher in the world

    • @nicolescott89
      @nicolescott89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ItalianBites il congiuntivo è difficile ma piano piano imparò questo modo 🥰

  • @MmeZinzin
    @MmeZinzin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grazie mille! Cari saluti dalla Germania.

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grazie a te Sabine! Saluti!! :)

  • @EL-tj7ze
    @EL-tj7ze 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, thank you! The tinyurl link doesn't work, couldn't download the worksheet.

  • @faustinogomez4840
    @faustinogomez4840 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ciao Martina, prima di tutto, bel capo lavoro in questa puntata🥇 , hai fatto un bel riassunto dei diversi tempi verbali "in a nutshell (in poche parole)", qualche tempo fa avevo spiegato il congiuntivo con lo stesso esempio che hai usato: 'if I were you..." credo che questo faccia capire l'essenza del congiuntivo per un madrelingua inglese purtroppo non ci sono tanti esempi nell'inglese.
    (*) Mi è piaciuto molto la tua didattica, chiara e semplice 👍
    (**) Complimenti per la tua pronuncia in inglese, devo dire che sentivo l'accento italiano solo quando parlarvi in italiano 🙂.

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ciao Faustino!! Grazie per il tuo bel commento, mi ha fatta arrossire! :) E hai proprio ragione, credo che spiegare il "concetto" del congiuntivo sia piuttosto difficile se non si ha niente su cui appoggiarsi in un'altra lingua!

  • @sheerymariakhouzam5857
    @sheerymariakhouzam5857 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi
    Thanks for your effort but I couldn't download the document

  • @violinmonkey101
    @violinmonkey101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Un video molto utile, grazie mille!!

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sono contenta che tu lo abbia trovato utile!! :)

  • @GuitarSteveScranton
    @GuitarSteveScranton ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL! When you started speaking I almost clicked off of your video because I was looking for a native Italian speaker to explain some grammar. Wow, the Italian accent (which always sounds cool to Americans btw) is almost non-existent when you speak English.
    I figured you for a fellow Yankee.
    Very impressive and inspiring.
    Excellent material and well presented. 👍

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am flattered. Grazie! I have worked really hard on my accent, quindi ne sono orgogliosa 😁

  • @asifsolanki2667
    @asifsolanki2667 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ciao,
    Can you explain to me how to use imperfectto congiuntivo I mean mettessi for the verb matter because it is the hardest one, but I still do not understand why and for what purpose the Italians use it.
    Thanks

  • @adriannacasassa7315
    @adriannacasassa7315 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i’m unable to get the download for the worksheets to work, do you have them together on a separate website?? im learning italian to move to italy with my nonno 😊

  • @indychigal
    @indychigal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I get an error - 'access denied' when I try to access the worksheet. I would really love to see it!

  • @setyowarsono2287
    @setyowarsono2287 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gazie mille. Stai aprendre l'italiano

  • @aboukirman3508
    @aboukirman3508 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a natural teacher, I'm not bloody jokin!!!😊

  • @urimshaqiri4773
    @urimshaqiri4773 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grazie mille!! I do have a question/request about passato prossimo. Many sources give different answers about when to use essere or avere (+verb), for example: hanno detto and sono detti/e. This is very confusing. Do you have any site or file that I can look at when I need to use Passato Prossimo?

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am planning to make a video about the passato prossimo because this is a point that confuses many students! But in terms of (free) resources, I often use the Mondadori for education website italianoperstranieri.mondadorieducation.it/passato-prossimo/ I hoe this is helpful!

  • @colinmccarthy7921
    @colinmccarthy7921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have done Italian Beginners Course before.I do not understand the Grammar or anything else,Etc.
    I would say I got one or two out of ten.I shall be starting Italian again next month.I doubt if I get more
    than two.I have done Spanish,French and German.I would say I got one to two out of ten.
    Let’s see what happens when I start my Italian Course again next month .I can only do my best,but
    my best is not good enough.English is my home language,and I can fully understand it.

  • @ImranKhan-xo3ig
    @ImranKhan-xo3ig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Forget about italian, but you are amazing beautiful 😍

  • @jonathanstranovsky
    @jonathanstranovsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to speak Italian like you do. My Great grandfather emigrated to Australia in 1909....it's all lost.

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not all is lost! Take it one day at a time and make re-learning Italian a goal! 💪

  • @ezioauditore1522
    @ezioauditore1522 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Notice to foreigners studying Italian. Do not worry; when I was a student and the Italian teacher asked for a test, a massacre occurred with the grades. It's something you learn with practice by hanging out with people who speak correctly. Once you learn it, if you get it wrong you will realize that it sounds bad.

  • @dylanmcvey1047
    @dylanmcvey1047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Martina, eccellentissima super video. For all of the conjugation charts I'm studying, I'm not finding these categories of words, I'll provide the examples:
    (Group 1)
    parcheggialo = park him/it
    mangiami = eat me
    attaccaci = attack us
    giudicala = judge her
    parcheggiarlo = to park him/it
    mangiarmi / mangiarti = to eat me or to eat you
    attaccarci = to attack us
    giudicarla = to judge her
    I don't think I would've discovered that these words exist if never I used the Google Translator. What is the name of these two groups they're called?

    • @ItalianBites
      @ItalianBites  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Dylan! I think that the reason why you haven’t been able to find them anywhere is because they don’t have their own category! They are all belonging in the “pronouns” category, if you need a general label - however the ones in “group 1” are imperative tense (giving orders, which requires a pronoun - e.g. “lo” to be displaced from its original before-verb position, to be attached at the end of the imperative verb), the “group 2” instead are in the infinitive form (usually are combined with modal verbs such as dovere, potere, volere, or another conjugated verb - e.g. sono andata a parcheggiarlo in quella strada lì - which also require to displace the pronoun, but could also be “lo sono andata a parcheggiare” following the regular structure) this would require a longer explanation, but I hope this offers a good place to start!

    • @dylanmcvey1047
      @dylanmcvey1047 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ItalianBites this was an excellent explanation I appreciate you 🌹

  • @Mr.Judge-Satpal-Pal
    @Mr.Judge-Satpal-Pal หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🥀🕉🔱जय श्री पुजारी (POPE/POP)🕉🔱✝ Jai Shri POP ✝🔱🕉 ✝ जय श्री वेटिकन सिटी ✝🔱🕉जय श्री इटालियन🔱🕉 Jai Shri Italian🔱🕉 🌺जय श्री गणेश 🌺जय श्री भारत (INDIA)🇮🇳जय श्री हिन्दी 🇮🇳जय श्री English 🇮🇳जय श्री मातृभाषा 🇮🇳जय श्री भोजपुरी~राजस्थानी~पाली 🇮🇳जय श्री ब्राहमी लिपि (हिन्दी देवनागरी लिपि) 🇮🇳जय श्री वन्दे मातरम 🇮🇳जय श्री दुर्गा माँ🇮🇳जय श्री शीतला माँ 🇮🇳जय श्री अवधी 🇮🇳जय श्री मैथिली 🇮🇳जय श्री लेडिज एण्ड जेंटलमेन 🇮🇳Jai Shri Ladies & Gentleman🌸🇮🇳🌺🕉🔱🥀🥀⛅

  • @eyerusalemhaileselasiesolo7742
    @eyerusalemhaileselasiesolo7742 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is so confusing for me.. I hate it here 😂

  • @austinzizzi1142
    @austinzizzi1142 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This explanation was badly needed

  • @erfanghasempoor3193
    @erfanghasempoor3193 ปีที่แล้ว

    The only problem with italian language is verb conjugation 😂

  • @LukeryaPereprygova
    @LukeryaPereprygova ปีที่แล้ว

    well done

  • @ezioauditore1522
    @ezioauditore1522 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Notice to foreigners studying Italian. Do not worry; when I was a student and the Italian teacher asked for a test, a massacre occurred with the grades. It's something you learn with practice by hanging out with people who speak correctly. Once you learn it, if you get it wrong you will realize that it sounds bad.