Thursday, March 19, 2020

How to Conjugate the Verb Entrare in Italian

How to Conjugate the Verb Entrare in Italian   Entrare has several definitions, including: To enterTo go inTo become a member (of)To fit What to Know About â€Å"Entrare† It’s a regular first-conjugation verb, so it follows the typical -are verb ending pattern.It’s an intransitive verb, which does not take a direct object.The infinito is â€Å"entrare†.The participio passato is â€Å"entrato†.The gerund form is â€Å"entrando†.The past gerund form is â€Å"essendo entrato†. Indicativo/Indicative Il presente io entro noi entriamo tu entri voi entrate lui, lei, Lei entra essi, Loro entrano Ad Esempio A partire da ora, lei entra a far parte della nostra famiglia. Starting from now, she’s a member of our family. Il passato prossimo io sono entrato/a noi siamo entrati/e tu sei entrato/a voi siete entrati/e lui, lei, Lei à ¨ entrato/a essi, Loro sono entrati/e Ad Esempio È appena entrato in casa. He just went into his house. L’imperfetto io entravo noi entravamo tu entravi voi entravate lui, lei, Lei entrava essi, Loro entravano Ad Esempio La grammatica russa non mi entrava in testa. Russian grammar didn’t go into my head (didn’t understand it). Il trapassato prossimo io ero entrato/a noi eravamo entrati/e tu eri entrato/a voi eravate entrati/e lui, lei, Lei era entrato/a essi, Loro erano entrati/e Ad Esempio Eravamo entrati nel bosco intorno alle sette di sera. We had entered the forest at around seven in the evening. Il passato remoto io entrai noi entrammo tu entrasti voi entraste lui, lei, Lei entrà ² essi, Loro entrarono Ad Esempio L’Italia entrà ² in guerra nel 1940.  Italy entered in war in 1940. Il trapassato remoto io fui entrato/a noi fummo entrati/e tu fosti entrato/a voi foste entrati/e lui, lei, Lei fu entrato/a essi, Loro furono entrati/e Tip: This tense is rarely used, so don’t worry too much about mastering it. You’ll find it in very sophisticated writing. Il futuro semplice io entrerà ² noi entreremo tu entrerai voi entrerete lui, lei, Lei entrer essi, Loro entreranno Ad Esempio Quando avrà ² diciotto anni, entrerà ² nell’esercito. When I’m 18 years old, I will enter the army. Il futuro anteriore io sarà ² entrato/a noi saremo entrati/e tu sarai entrato/a voi sarete entrati/e lui, lei, Lei sar entrato/a essi, Loro saranno entrati/e Ad Esempio Saranno gi entrati al cinema. They must have entered the movie theater already. Congiuntivo/Subjunctive Il presente che io entri che noi entriamo che tu entri che voi entriate che lui, lei, Lei entri che essi, Loro entrino Ad Esempio Penso che entri dall’altra parte dell’edificio. I think you enter on the other side of the building. Il passato io sia entrato/a noi siamo entrati/e tu sia entrato/a voi siate entrati/e lui, lei, Lei sia entrato/a essi, Loro siano entrati/e Ad Esempio Crediamo che siano entrati dalla finestra. We believe they got in through the window. L’imperfetto io entrassi noi entrassimo tu entrassi voi entraste lui, lei, Lei entrasse essi, Loro entrassero Ad Esempio Speravamo che lei entrasse nella nostra famiglia, ma lei e mio fratello si sono lasciati. We hoped that she would become a part of our family, but her and my brother broke up. Il trapassato prossimo io fossi entrato/a noi fossimo entrati/e tu fossi entrato/a voi foste entrati/e lui, lei, Lei fosse entrato/a essi, Loro fossero entrati/e Ad Esempio Pensavo fosse entrato un topo in cucina. I thought a mouse had gotten into the kitchen. Condizionale/Conditional Il presente io entrerei noi entreremmo tu entreresti voi entrereste lui, lei, Lei entrerebbe essi, Loro entrerebbero Ad Esempio Non entrerei in quell’edificio, à ¨ inquietante. I wouldn’t go into that building, it’s creepy. Il passato io sarei entrato/a noi saremmo entrati/e tu saresti entrato/a voi sareste entrati/e lui, lei, Lei sarebbe entrato/a essi, Loro sarebbero entrati/e Ad Esempio Pensi che un ladro sarebbe entrato nel mio negozio? Ne dubito. Do you think a thief  would have broken into my store? I doubt it.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Pleaded vs. Pled

Pleaded vs. Pled Pleaded vs. Pled Pleaded vs. Pled By Maeve Maddox A reader asks to know the past tense and past participle of the verb â€Å"to plead†: I have heard â€Å"pled† being used. Is this correct? The question of pleaded vs. pled is the source of much online discussion, little of it neutral: I personally think it makes newscasters and journalists sound ignorant when they use â€Å"pleaded† to describe what some defendant did in the court. I am actually shocked at the number of people who assert that â€Å"pled† is correct or that â€Å"pled† sounds correct to them. The hair on my neck stands up whenever I hear someone utter the word â€Å"pled.† Some speakers despise pled as an Americanism: The past tense of the verb â€Å"to plead† is â€Å"pleaded†. â€Å"Pled†, no matter how it is spelled, is an American illiteracy. Others defend pled because it’s not an Americanism: Pled, pled, pled, pled, I shall go ahead and use it! I grew up where UK usage was prevalent, but USA usage is now the norm. PLED is UK and Pleaded is USA English. I’m writing pled, pled, pled, pled, pled!!!! Pled is not an â€Å"Americanism.† The British poet Sir Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) uses pled as a past form of the verb plead in The Faerie Queene (1590-1596): And with him to make part against her, came Many grave persons, that against her pled; (the trial of Duessa) The OED gives pleaded as the past of plead, but notes that pled is used as the past form in Scottish and US usage. A statistical analysis made by legal blogger Eugene Volokh of the use of â€Å"pleaded guilty† vs â€Å"pled guilty† and â€Å"well-pleaded† vs â€Å"well-pled† in the ALLCASES database in Westlaw shows an almost 50-50 use of the forms pled and pleaded. Volokh concludes that both uses â€Å"are fully standard† and that he sees â€Å"no basis for labeling either ‘incorrect.’ † Nevertheless, both The Chicago Manual of Style and The AP Stylebook come down firmly on the side of pleaded: pleaded; pled. The first is the standard past-tense and past-participial form. Avoid pled. –CMOS, 5.220 â€Å"Good usage versus common usage.† plead, pleaded, pleading: Do not use the colloquial past tense form, pled. –AP Stylebook. With two such influential style guides against it, pled–at least in printed matter–will probably fade away. A site for lawyers called Above the Law polled readers in 2008 and again in 2011, asking how many preferred pled to pleaded. In 2008, pled garnered 62.5% of the vote; in 2011, pled was still ahead, but the percentage of speakers preferring it had slipped to 57%. On the other hand, pled will very likely hang on in speech. Many speakers, perceiving a difference between pleaded and pled, use both, depending on context. For many speakers, pleaded carries the connotation of begging or beseeching, whereas pled is a less loaded word: The condemned man pleaded for his life. The witness pled the Fifth. Many English verbs retain two past forms that are used with different meanings. For example, the verb â€Å"to hang† retains two past forms: hanged and hung. And both CMOS and AP allow for the use of both forms: hanged; hung. Hanged is used as the past participle of hang only in its transitive form when referring to the killing (just or unjust) of a human being by suspending the person by the neck: â€Å"Criminals were hanged at Tyburn Hill.† But if death is not intended or likely, or if the person is suspended by a body part other than the neck, hung is correct: â€Å"He was hung upside down as a cruel prank.† In most senses, of course, hung is the past form of hang: â€Å"Mark hung up his clothes.† All inanimate objects, such as pictures and Christmas stockings, are hung. –CMOS, 5.220 â€Å"Good usage versus common usage.† hang, hanged, hung: One hangs a picture, a criminal or oneself. For past tense or the passive, use hanged when referring to executions or suicides, hung for other actions. –The AP Stylebook. Bottom line: Both pleaded and pled are acceptable Standard English. Use the form you prefer in speech. Use the form required by your style guide for writing. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Misused Words category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Regarding Re:45 Synonyms for â€Å"Old† and â€Å"Old-Fashioned†Mood vs. Tense