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Mar 07, 2013 - 10:24 PM
This is kind of confusing, so I hope my explanation is right and makes sense. If not, someone please correct me.
In the above sentence, the phrase "that I have come here" uses the present perfect tense in English. I have learned from my Italian friends that Italians use the simple present for these situations. So, for example, when I want to say "I have not been there for a year" I realize that I have to think as if I need to translate "I am not there for a year."
Here is a statement I clipped from the Internet a minute ago:
"Is there a present perfect in Italian?
Well, no, not really (at least in the English sense). If an Italian wanted to say “I have been living here for 6 months” they would probably use the Present Simple or Continuous (”I am living / I live here for 6 months”)."
So it is important to realize that the Italian Passato Prossimo, although it looks like our Present Perfect tense because of the similar "avere/have + past participle" structure, it is closer to our simple past tense. When we would use the present perfect, Italians would use the simple present.
Here is a link that may or may not be helpful. http://englishstumpers.blogspot.com/2...
Hope this helps a bit.
In the above sentence, the phrase "that I have come here" uses the present perfect tense in English. I have learned from my Italian friends that Italians use the simple present for these situations. So, for example, when I want to say "I have not been there for a year" I realize that I have to think as if I need to translate "I am not there for a year."
Here is a statement I clipped from the Internet a minute ago:
"Is there a present perfect in Italian?
Well, no, not really (at least in the English sense). If an Italian wanted to say “I have been living here for 6 months” they would probably use the Present Simple or Continuous (”I am living / I live here for 6 months”)."
So it is important to realize that the Italian Passato Prossimo, although it looks like our Present Perfect tense because of the similar "avere/have + past participle" structure, it is closer to our simple past tense. When we would use the present perfect, Italians would use the simple present.
Here is a link that may or may not be helpful. http://englishstumpers.blogspot.com/2...
Hope this helps a bit.