Did you already eat or ate?


Tenses in Italian Usage

  • Eat & Ate

    • Eat is generally present tense.
    • Ate is past tense.
  • Have Had & Had Eaten

    • "Have you had your dinner?" is the correct sentence.
    • "Have had" is in present perfect tense.
    • The difference is that "had eaten" is past; "have eaten" means you ate recently.
  • Grammatically Correct Sentences

    • Both "I have eaten food" and "I had eaten food" are grammatically correct.
  • Has & Have

    • She has been strict in this matter.
    • My mom has been strict in this matter.
    • You use "have" when referring to many people/things.

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