The
trapassato remote is formed by using either the
passato remote of
avere or
essere, plus the past participle of the verb. The
trapassato remote has the same meaning as the
trapassato prossimo when expressed in English. Just like other compound tenses, the past participle of verbs conjugated with
essere must agree with the subject in gender and number. Have a look at the following table to see how two example verbs are conjugated.
Verbs conjugated with
avere | Verbs conjugated with
essere |
| ebbi parlato | fui andato/a |
| avesti parlato | fosti andato/a |
| ebbe parlato | fu andato/a |
| avemmo parlato | fummo andati/e |
