Perù: a 7 anni apre una banca “verde” per aiutare gli studenti

Passato prossimo + imperfetto

“Josè… ha fondato il Banco quando aveva solo 7 anni”
(Jose… he founded the Banco when he was only 7 years old)

In this sentence, the passato prossimo (“ha fondato”) is used to indicate a completed action in the past, while the imperfetto (“aveva”) is used to describe a continuous or habitual action in the past.

The passato prossimo is used to describe actions that have a specific starting point and ending point in the past, and are viewed as a completed action. In this sentence, “ha fondato” (has founded) is a specific action that happened at a particular time in the past, indicating that the founding of the bank is a completed action.

The imperfetto, on the other hand, is used to describe an ongoing or habitual action in the past. In this sentence, “aveva” (had) is used to describe a continuous state in the past, namely, the age of 7 years that Jose had when he founded the bank.

Here’s another example:

– Quando ero giovane, ho frequentato l’università per quattro anni.(When I was young, I attended university for four years.)

In this sentence, “ero giovane” (I was young) is in the imperfetto because it describes a continuous state in the past. “Ho frequentato” (I attended), on the other hand, is in the passato prossimo because it describes a specific action that has a beginning and an end in the pas (“4 anni”).