AVERE or ESSERE? - DuoItalian
www.duoitalian.com › avere-or-essereKnowing the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs will help you to understand which auxiliary verb to use in the past tense: AVERE or ESSERE. Rule 1: All Transitive Verbs in the past tense are built with the auxiliary avere. Lui ha mangiato la mela ieri. (He ate the apple yesterday.) The above example contains the direct object ...