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La forma interrogativa, negativa e interronegativa si ottiene con un
pleonastico, un ausiliare, il
did
. Il
did
non ha alcun significato e non va
tradotto.
•
Forma interrogativa =
did
+ soggetto + verbo alla forma base.
•
Forma negativa = soggetto +
did
+
not
+ verbo alla forma base.
•
Forma interronegativa =
did
+ soggetto +
not
+ verbo alla forma
base.
Il
simple past
si usa per parlare di un evento trascorso del tutto, cor-
risponde ai tempi italiani del passato prossimo, del passato remoto e
dell’imperfetto.
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ORMA LUNGA
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Il verbo
affermativa
interrogativa
I lived
did I live?
you lived
did you live?
he lived
she lived
it lived
did he live?
did she live?
did it live?
we lived
did we live?
you lived
did you live?
they lived
did they live?
negativa
interronegativa
I did not live
did I not live?
you did not live
did you not live?
he did not live
she did not live
it did not live
did he not live?
did she not live?
did it not live?
we did not live
did we not live?
you did not live
did you not live?
they did not live
did they not live?