Sarah
Im trying to learn present continuous (presenti progressivo) - Can anyone clarify this?

Is this right?

Sto' imparando

Stai imparando

Sta' imparando (Would the ending change if the subject is feminine: Sta' imparanda?)

Stiamo imparando (Does this change as the subjects are plural: Stiamo imparandi?)

 

Thanks

 

Aug 27, 2015 3:25 PM
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Io sto imparando   (sto with no accent)
tu stai imparando  
egli sta imparando (sta with no accent)
noi stiamo imparando 
voi state imparando 
essi stanno imparando

 

It does not change with the subject and it does not get the plural like you suggested.

Just remember that the construction of the present continuous it subject + verb to be + verb(ing). So the ing form of the verb imparare is imparando. Imparandi does not exist.

 

August 27, 2015

I have to correct something regarding my previous comment

 

The italian equivalente of this <questo> with the elision <'sto> is used only in talking but is not accepted in written.

Elision is accepted in written form only in certain cases and for a very limited number of words

 

Some examples

 

<po'> instead of <poco> (few)

<be'> instead of <bene> (well)

<ca'> instead of <casa> (house)

etc.etc

September 1, 2015

just a detail.

 

sto' <- in italian the character ' (apice) is used for elision, example:

 

questo (this) can also be written o said  'sto (this, the same as questo)

 

not all words can be truncated with elision, another example is the word "poco" (few) 

 

po' <- this is not an accent but an elision, it means that the word "poco" has been truncated

September 1, 2015