camminavate

Camminavate is the second-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb camminare. It translates to “you all were walking” or “you all used to walk.” It is a regular form in the imperfect tense for -are verbs.

Formation follows the standard imperfect endings for -are verbs: -avo, -avi, -ava, -avamo, -avate, -avano. Therefore camminare yields camminavo, camminavi, camminava, camminavamo, camminavate, camminavano. The form camminavate corresponds to the stem cammin- plus the ending -avate.

Usage: camminavate describes actions in the past that were ongoing, habitual, or part of a background in a narrative. It is commonly used with time expressions or in description to set the scene, rather than to denote a completed action. For example: Da giovani, camminavate molto per andare a scuola. Durante l’inverno, camminavate spesso per tenervi in forma. In narrative or reported speech, it conveys a sense of repetition or continuity in the past.

Relation to other tenses: camminavate contrasts with camminate (present tense) meaning “you all walk,” and with other past tenses that indicate completed actions, such as the passato prossimo or passato remoto in contexts where those tenses are standard. As a common and regular imperfect form, camminavate is widely used in everyday Italian to describe past routines or scenes.