Italian Participles

The participle is an impersonal form. There are two forms, the present participle and the past participle.

• The present participle is used as:

a noun (e.g. insegnante),
an adjective (e.g. pesante),
occasionally as an adverb (e.g. mediante).

For regular verbs it is formed in the following way:

amare = amante

credere = credente

dormire = dormiente

• The past participle is used to form certain tenses of verbs. Examples:

Ho letto tantissimi libri.

Ieri siete stati al mare?

I miei genitori sono partiti questa mattina.

Every verb has a past participle and for regular verbs it is formed in the following way.

The past participle of the verbs essere and avere.

Here are some irregular past participles:

See also:

Past Participles of Irregular Italian Verbs

Italian Verb Tenses Exercises: Italian Irregular Past Participles

Italian Past Participle Video Exercise