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Il Ferragosto, celebrato ogni anno il 15 agosto, ha origini romane ed è oggi uno dei momenti più importanti delle vacanze estive italiane.

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The past gerund with reflexive verbs is used to describe something that happened before another action in the past. The past gerund of reflexive verbs requires the helping verb "essere", and not "avere".

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Italian has many ways to express enjoyment, and two useful verbs are "divertirsi" and "godersi". Both can be translated as “to enjoy”, but they are not always used in the same way, so understanding the difference will help you sound more natural in Italian.

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In compound tenses like the "passato prossimo", Italian modal verbs use "avere" or "essere" depending on the main verb that follows them.

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The verb "dovere" is a very common Italian modal verb and it is usually followed by another verb in the infinitive. In its most common use, the present tense, it expresses obligation or necessity.

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