🇮🇹 Italian · Imperfetto

Learn Italian imperfetto with music

Imperfetto describes ongoing past, habits, and scene-setting—essential next to passato prossimo for fluent narration.

When to use imperfetto

Childhood habits (da bambino giocavo…)

Descriptions (faceva caldo)

Ongoing past interrupted by passato prossimo

Practice tips

Tell stories alternating imperfetto setup and passato prossimo events.
Loop essere and avere imperfetto first.
See our Italian conjugation patterns guide for -are/-ere/-ire families.

Key verbs to drill

essere avere andare fare

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