Presente
What is happening now, habits, general truths, and plans: domani parto.
- io mi trattengo
- tu ti trattieni
- lui / lei si trattiene
- noi ci tratteniamo
- voi vi trattenete
- loro si trattengono
to stay
Irregular verb, gerund trattenendosi, past participle trattenuto, auxiliary essere.
Mi, ti, si
The pronoun comes before the verb, mi trattengo, and before the auxiliary: mi sono trattenuto. It attaches to commands, trattieniti, and to the infinitive and the gerund. A ban to tu has two orders: non trattenerti / non ti trattenere.
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.