Ciao a tutti e Maria.
Mia domanda `e spiegare " stato"........ io so questo `e da i verbi essere e il dizionario detta " state of, repair, fettle e been". Ho frassi " sono stata derubata" = I was robbed. And my research tells me that "stato" is passato prossimo.
Could you please shed a bit of light on how this word is used, And what exactly means "passato prossimo"??
Thanx, Fran
stato
FranN32
August 8, 2011
Maria-DiLorenzi
August 11, 2011
Ciao Fran,
"stato" is the past participle of the verb "essere" (to be) and "stare" (to stay).
-io sono stato
-tu sei stato
-lei,lui è stato
-noi siamo stati
-voi siete stati
-loro sono stati
Examples:
-I've been to the restaurant = io sono stato al ristorante
As in English you can commonly find it in the passive sentences in the past tense as for example:
-Il panino è stato mangiato da Luca
(the sandwich has been eaten by Luca)
or
-ieri io sono stata derubata (yesterday I've been robbed =yesterday I was robbed)
I hope this helps
Ciao
FranN32
January 22, 2012
Ciao Maria,
gracie a mille
i capisco adesso
Fran
Maria-DiLorenzi
February 15, 2012
Ciao Fran,
the correct sentence should be:
"grazie mille. Ora ho capito"
Ciao
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