i like to know how many tenses there are in Italian language?
in English there are 16 tensese.please list them thanks alot
2007-01-13 17:35:36 · 3 answers · asked by bp9770 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
we have 7 "modi" in which one they're "tempi".
MODO: INDICATIVO
tempo presente (mangio)
tempo imperfetto (mangiavo)
tempo passato prossimo (ho mangiato)
tempo passato remoto (mangiai)
tempo trapassato prossimo (avevo mangiato)
tempo trapassato remoto (ebbi mangiato)
tempo futuro semplice (mangerò)
tempo futuro anteriore (avrò mangiato)
MODO: CONGIUNTIVO
tempo presente (che io mangi)
tempo passato (che abbia mangiato)
tempo imperfetto (che mangiassi)
tempo trapassato (che avessi mangiato)
MODO: CONDIZIONALE
tempo presente (mangerei)
tempo passato (avrei mangiato)
MODO: IMPERATIVO
tempo presente (mangia!, mangiate!mangiamo!)
tempo futuro (mangerai!, mangerete!, mangeremo!)
MODO: INFINITO
tempo presente (mangiare)
tempo passato (aver mangiato)
MODO: PARTICIPIO
tempo presente (mangiante)
tempo passato (mangiato)
MODO: GERUNDIO
tempo presente (mangiando)
tempo passato (avendo mangiato)
2007-01-13 23:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are seven simple and seven compound tenses which are fully conjugated, just as in Spanish and French (but Portuguese has more). Two of these are not tenses, but moods, namely the subjunctive and the conditional, and finally there is the imperative mood for a grand total of 15.
The Italian names are (simple first, then compound):
Presente indicativo & congiuntivo; imperfetto ind. & cong.;
Passato remoto; futuro; condizionale presente;
Passato prossimo & congiuntivo; trapassato pros. & cong.;
Trapassato remoto; futuro anteriore; condizionale passato;
And imperativo.
2007-01-13 17:57:23 · answer #2 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are there really 16 in english?? wow
not sure how many there are in italian but these are the ones i know...
present indicative
imperfect
past absolute
future
present conditional
present subjunctive
imperfect subjunctive
present perfect
past perfect
past absolute
future perfect
past conditional
past subjunctive
past perfect subjunctive
and then there's...
"sto facendo" e "stavo facendo" etc...i duno what they're called but they used the gerund.
hope that helps
2007-01-13 18:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by floppyduck339 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋