activity which is described with the Absolutive Past. This form is known as trapassato remoto. amare: ebbi amato arrivare: fui arrivato/-a The future tense is...

in the indicative mood: the recent pluperfect (trapassato prossimo) and the remote pluperfect (trapassato remoto). The recent pluperfect is formed correspondingly...

the verb mangiare ("to eat"): The imperfetto/trapassato prossimo contrasts with the passato remoto/trapassato remoto in that imperfetto renders an imperfective...

older and more recent literature. The trapassato prossimo (recent pluperfect) and the more uncommon trapassato remoto (remote pluperfect), while separate...