did

Italian translation: a che ora l'hai visto?

12:02 Mar 13, 2004

English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / italian assignment

English term or phrase: did

what time did you see it?
Che tempo --- tu verde---quando tu visito

nicole ryan

Italian translation:a che ora l'hai visto?

Explanation:
a che ore l'hai visto?

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-03-13 12:09:27 GMT)
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Anche:
Quando l\'hai visto? (sottointeso, a che ora)

NOTE: Either l\'hai visto or l\'hai vista, depending on the object (on the gender of the word in Italian)

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a che ora l'hai visto?

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a che ora l'hai visto?

Drem
Local time: 15:58
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The "past": I saw it a year ago;
lo vidi un anno fa
The "present perfect": I have seen it at eleven (today);
l'ho visto (oggi) alle 11

However in Italy we make more use of the "present perfect" also when we refer to long time ago, the purists and in the South people use the "past" to say "yesterday I saw it".

The verb "vedere" is irregular: the "past participle" in "visto" or "veduto".
The "past" is: vidi, vedesti, vide, vedemmo, vedeste, videro

Good work! Buon lavoro!

Gian
Italy
Local time: 15:58
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Italian

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