correvano

Correvano is the third person plural imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb correre, meaning to run. It translates to "they were running" or "they used to run," and is used to describe past actions that were ongoing, habitual, or background in a narrative.

Morphology and conjugation: Correre is a regular -ere verb in the imperfect tense, and its endings in the imperfect are -vo, -vi, -va, -vamo, -vate, -vano. The corresponding forms are io correvo, tu correvi, lui/lei correva, noi correvamo, voi correvate, loro correvano. The form correvano is therefore the standard third-person plural for describing ongoing or repeated past running.

Usage: Correvano appears in literary and everyday Italian when the speaker sets a scene, describes a habitual past activity, or indicates an action in progress at a past moment. It is often used with temporal or contextual cues such as time expressions or background clauses.

Examples:

- Durante la corsa, correvano nel parco per ore. (During the race, they were running in the park for hours.)

- Da bambini, correvano sempre al mattino prima di andare a scuola. (As children, they used to run every morning before going to school.)

See also: Correre, its other tenses and forms; Italian imperfect tense; movement verbs and their usage in narrative prose.