Presente
What is happening now, habits, general truths, and plans: domani parto.
- io vado
- tu vai
- lui / lei va
- noi andiamo
- voi andate
- loro vanno
to go
Irregular verb, gerund andando, past participle andato, auxiliary essere.
va' / vai
The command to tu is va' / vai. Before a pronoun the short form doubles its consonant: vacci. Gli does not double it: vagli incontro.
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.