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Present and past Italian gerund

The present gerund is formed from the infinitive of the verb and its endings are:
- are > - ando [...]

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All meanings of Italian gerund

The present and past gerund are invariable verbal forms (it means that are verb forms not related to time) and are used in the dependent clauses.
The meanings of the gerund forms are the following:
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Posted by admin on June 10th, 2008

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“In bocca al lupo”, the Italian good luck

If Italians have to wish good luck for example for an exam or a test, they never use “auguri” that means in this case misfortune, but they say “in bocca al lupo“. This is a superstition expression that we say to avoid an anwished event, in fact to go into a mouth of a wolf [...]

Posted by admin on June 5th, 2008

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