When to Use Essere in Forming the Passato Prossimo

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The house of essere was very helpful. As a beginner of Italian, I find your videos very enlightening.

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[@johnk3427]

Your lessons are carefully structured and paced and reflect a very high skill level as a teacher....you deserve to be congratulated. Thank you for guiding me through 'The House of Essere' and for shining a bright light on the selection of the correct auxiliary when using the Passato Prossimo and on what has been a perplexing topic for me until now.

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[@sandradavis3302]

The house of essere helped me with the transitive/intransitive idea. Also your selection of exercises was great.

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[@99problemi]

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[@uralskydiver1259]

I've been struggling to understand the difference between using avere and essere in passato prossimo. The "house of essere" helped so much! I had an a-ha moment! Thank you!

[@JamesKing-bu6md]

Very helpful . . . the House of Essere is a huge help - grazie

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Very helpful. Thank you.

[@smileyoxxo7524]

Casa di Essere Molto bene! Ho Esami per Italiano domani! Grazie per il tuo aiuto!

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well paced and CLEAR!

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[@vietvu635]

Could you help me to distinguish "essere" from "stare", I get a little confused when choosing which to use in a sentence

[@smileyoxxo7524]

Thank you great help!

[@neffalum]

Really helpful

[@Hannahali94]

did you make a video about si. your videos are the best!!

[@99problemi]

Do you mean the 'si impersonale' as used in phrases like "come si dice?" (how do you say?) I can think of a few things that si can refer to, but could you give me an example of a phrase or usage so I know which you are referring to? ... and thank you for the compliment! I really appreciate it.

[@Hannahali94]

Yes that is what I meant

[@Hannahali94]

yes that is what I mean!!

[@99problemi]

I wish I had a video to help you. I'll let you know when I make one. Thanks for watching :)

[@Hannahali94]

hey sorry i didn't realize i responded twice. I have the final on friday so I am a bit sleep deprived. I also had another question regarding this video for a question that asks Hai invitato i tui amici alla festa di carnevale would the answer be si, mi ha invitati. If the question was how do we determine the ending of invitati does it have to agree with the direct object.

[@SmokeArchon]

why is it avete finitO but siete andati .. when do I use 'o' and when 'i' in plural ?

[@99problemi]

+Philipp Diehl Thanks for the comment. Verbs that use essere as a helping verb, like andare, venire, etc. change the past participle to agree with the subject in gender and number. In this example: andati is used because the subject is masculine (or mixed gender) plural. Since finire uses avere as a helping verb, no change is made to the participle. Yet me know if you have a follow up question.

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Thanks for the video

[@99problemi]

Prego! I'm glad it was helpful to you.

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[@amdherc00]

Question "Perché non l'hanno tenuto in prigione" would translate to "why didn't they keep him in jail" or could it also be "why didn't they keep her in jail"

[@99problemi]

It is only equivalent to the first sentence. The l' stands for lo and is therefore masculine singular. If you wanted to say "why didn't they keep her in jail", you would need to write "Perché non l'hanno *tenuta* in prigione" -- the l' stands for la when the past participle ends in -a.

[@amdherc00]

@@99problemi I thought the past participle didn't need to change with avere only with essere

[@99problemi]

@@amdherc00 You are correct, however when using a direct object with the passato prossimo conjugated with avere, the ending of the past participle reflects the gender and number of the direct object.

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Grazie per la aiuto

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How can I help?

[@jess7474]

Anyone else here because they have an Italian test tomorrow?

[@99problemi]

Hope you did well on your exam!

[@manabest2023]

gd afternoon sir! i need a lesson about i pronomi personali complemento diretto /indireto per piacere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@99problemi]

Ciao, I did a video on pronomi diretti (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYuwmJlpbatnbc0). I still haven't done a video on indiretti though. I'll let you know when I do. Thanks for watching!

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[@vj-6]

I'm probably the only person here who isn't learning Italian because I want to. I'm forced to because I live in a bilingual area (next to Italy of course). I have to say I've been taught passato prossimo like 3 times before and never got the avere/essere use. The "acts upon an object" really helped, thanks. And for anyone wondering I have been learning Italian since the first grade so 9 years plus 1 of middle school (the current, 4 more to go) and i can confirm the schools method of teaching languages is dog shit.

[@trimmien2350]

I lost focus for a second and looked back at the video at around 6:35. While I'm new to Italian, I definitely recognized "caerse" and "morir" from Spanish- a very disturbing experience.

[@99problemi]

It's also disturbing that "Casa di Essere" requires a human sacrifice so you can learn proper Italian - that is, a person falls out a window and dies in order to provide you with an effective mnemonic device for remembering an auxiliary verb - that's messed up!

[@christypallanivel3439]

challenge! essere ire,lei

[@terrisa7948]

The same thing happens in French

[@99problemi]

Vraiment! Roughly the same rules.

[@terrisa7948]

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