Concetti Chiave
- Some verbs generally do not use continuous tenses, such as "to be".
- Verbs expressing possession like "to have" and "to own" usually avoid continuous forms.
- Verbs related to likes and dislikes, such as "to like" and "to hate", are typically used in simple tenses.
- Verbs of perception like "to see" and "to hear" are generally not used in continuous forms.
- Some verbs can have different meanings when used in continuous forms, like "to think" and "to see".
Verbs that generally refuse the continuous tenses
1) To be2) Verbs of possession
* To have (= avere, possedere)
* To own (possedere)
3) Verbs of likes and dislikes
To like, to dislike, to love, to hate
4) Verbs of perception
To see, to hear, to taste
5) Verbs of will
* To want, to wish
6) Verbs of opinion
To think, to know, to remember, to forget, to believe, to need.
But pay attention!
* To think:
stop talking, I'm thinking.
* To see
I see/ I can see the green wall
To see somebody---> I meet somebody
I'm meeting my friends tonight.
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