Kabosu, il cane del meme “doge”, è morto

Imperfetto
Imperfect tense

“Kabosu era il cane più felice del mondo!”
(Kabosu was the happiest dog in the world!)

The imperfect tense is one of the most frequently used past tenses in Italian. It’s used for:

1. situations in the past, when it is not necessary to specify how long an action lasted:
– Ieri ERO molto stanco (Yesterday I was very tired)

2. habits in the past:
– Da piccolo ANDAVO spesso in bici (When I was a child I USED TO cycle often)

3. physical and psychological states in the past:
– ERAVAMO tutti felici (We WERE all happy)

4. actions taking place at the same moment in the past:
– È successo mentre DORMIVAMO (It happened while we WERE asleep)