imparasti

Imparasti is the second-person singular form of the Italian verb imparare in the passato remoto (simple past) tense. As a regular -are verb, imparare follows the passato remoto endings -ai, -asti, -ò, -ammo, -aste, -arono; thus imparasti corresponds to "you learned" or "you did learn" in English.

Functionally, passato remoto is used to describe completed actions in the past and is common in written narratives, historical accounts, and some regional spoken varieties of Italian. In contemporary everyday conversation, many speakers prefer the passato prossimo (hai imparato) to express the same past meaning, while passato remoto remains frequent in literature, journalism, and oral traditions in parts of southern Italy.

Example usage: "Ieri imparasti molto durante la lezione." (Yesterday you learned a lot during the lesson.) The choice between imparasti and hai imparato can convey differences of register, emphasis, or narrative distance: passato remoto often situates an action at a definite point in the past within a narrative, whereas passato prossimo links past events to present relevance.

Imparasti is morphologically regular and parallels other -are verbs in the passato remoto. Learners of Italian encounter it when studying past-tense forms, particularly in reading historical or literary texts where the simple past is commonly employed.