appartenavate

Appartenavate is an Italian verb form. It is the second-person plural imperfect indicative of appartenere, the verb meaning to belong or to pertain. The imperfect tense in Italian is used to describe past actions or states that were ongoing, repeated, or habitual.

Morphology and formation: The infinitive appartene-re yields the stem appartene-. In the imperfect, the standard endings for -ere verbs are added to the stem, producing forms such as appartenevo, appartenevi, apparteneva, appartenevamo, appartenavate, appartenevano. Therefore, appartenavate corresponds to “you all belonged” and is used when speaking about belonging to a group or category in the past in a habitual or continuing sense.

Conjugation (selected forms): io appartenevo, tu appartenevi, lui/lei apparteneva, noi appartenevamo, voi appartenavate, loro appartenevano. The form shown here intentionally highlights the voi form, which is the focus of the entry.

Usage and nuance: Appartenavate appears in narrative or descriptive contexts, especially in past-tense passages discussing relationships, affiliations, or memberships that persisted over time. It can be used with explicit temporal markers or within broader past-tense narration.

Etymology: The verb appartenere comes from Italian, ultimately tracing back to Latin pertinēre, meaning to pertain or belong. The modern Italian form reflects standard derivation from this Latin root.

See also: appartenere, belonging expressions, Italian past tenses.