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ricordavano

Ricordavano is the third-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb ricordare. The verb reminds or means to remember, and in its imperfect tense it commonly expresses a past habitual or ongoing memory, or a past action of recalling. It can also convey “they reminded someone of something” when used with an object, for example: “Mi ricordavano di chiudere il rubinetto” meaning “they reminded me to turn off the faucet.”

Conjugation and usage: The imperfect forms of ricordare are: io ricordavo, tu ricordavi, lui/lei ricordava, noi

Etimologia: Ricordare derives from Latin recordārī/recordāre, related to memory and recall. The form ricordavano is a

Notes: The sense of ricordavano depends on context: as “they remembered” or as “they reminded (someone) of

See also: ricordare, ricordo, ricordato.

ricordavamo,
voi
ricordavate,
loro
ricordavano.
The
stem
is
ricord-
and
the
endings
follow
the
regular
-are
pattern.
In
narrative
prose,
ricordavano
is
used
to
set
background
memories
or
describe
repeated
past
actions;
in
contrast,
the
passato
prossimo
“hanno
ricordato”
marks
a
specific
recall
at
a
point
in
time.
standard
example
of
the
habitual
past
in
Romance
languages
for
this
verb.
something.”
It
commonly
appears
with
pronouns
or
prepositional
phrases
to
indicate
what
is
being
remembered
or
what
is
being
reminded
of.