http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfect/kllx/post.htm#52683Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:05:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:52683starlet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfect/kllx/post.htm#52683http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-52683.xmlThanks for your help MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfect/kllx/post.htm#52599Tue, 26 May 2009 03:05:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:52599MrPedantic1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfect/kllx/post.htm#52599http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-52599.xmlHello Starlet Unfortunately it's not always possible to map Italian tenses directly to English ones, but here's a rough guide. It's probably easiest to take each tense separately in each language: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Passato remoto Usually becomes the simple past, e.g. 'disse' > 'he said'. (There is no special literary equivalent of the 'passato remoto' in English.) 2. Passato prossimo This often becomes the simple past, e.g. 'mi ha detto tutto' > 'he told me everything'. However, if the action has some kind of connection with the present, you would use the 'present perfect', e.g. 'l'ho appena visto' > 'I have just seen him'. 3. Present...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfect/kllx/post.htmThu, 26 Mar 2009 04:05:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:52510starlet2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastPresentPerfect/kllx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-52510.xmlHi, I'm a little confused about using the simple past or the present perfect. For example, if I must translate a past sentence from Italian to English, what's the correct form? Please, help me. Thanks P.S.: I'm not English, I'm Italian