Presente
What is happening now, habits, general truths, and plans: domani parto.
- io mi accorcio
- tu ti accorci
- lui / lei si accorcia
- noi ci accorciamo
- voi vi accorciate
- loro si accorciano
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Regular verb, ci, gi lose their i, gerund accorciandosi, past participle accorciato, auxiliary essere.
Mi, ti, si
The pronoun comes before the verb, mi accorcio, and before the auxiliary: mi sono accorciato. It attaches to commands, accorciati, and to the infinitive and the gerund. A ban to tu has two orders: non accorciarti / non ti accorciare.
Lei, the polite you, takes the form of lui / lei: Lei parla.
After essere, the participle agrees with the subject: andato, andata, andati, andate.
Enough to talk about now, your plans, and the past.
What is happening now, habits, general truths, and plans: domani parto.
The everyday past for a finished action: avere or essere plus the participle.
Past habits, descriptions, and what was going on.