terminasti

Terminasti is the second-person singular form of the Italian verb terminare in the passato remoto, meaning you finished or you ended. It is mainly encountered in literary or historical narrative and is used to place a completed action in the distant past.

In standard Italian, the passato remoto forms a, temi, etc. For -are verbs like terminare, the regular conjugation in the passato remoto is: io terminai, tu terminasti, lui terminò, noi terminammo, voi terminaste, loro terminarono. Therefore, terminasti corresponds to the second-person singular and is the form used when narrating from a past perspective in formal or written contexts.

Usage of terminasti is shaped by register and region. In contemporary spoken Italian, the passato prossimo form hai terminato is far more common for everyday speech. The passato remoto, including terminasti, tends to appear in literary writing, historical accounts, religious texts, and, in some parts of Italy, in casual speech where the passato remoto remains part of the regional vernacular.

Example: Ieri terminasti il progetto prima di partire. This illustrates how terminasti functions to sequence events in a narrative past.

See also: Terminare, Passato remoto, Italian verbs, Italian grammar.