I want to say "I spent the whole day yesterday learning Italian"
ieri sto passai tutto il giorno imparare l'italiano
This is my first attempt in forming a complete sentence, probably fill with silly mistakes. Thanks!
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2Welcome to ItalianSE!!!– abarisoneJul 11, 2019 at 4:41
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The correct sentence would be:
Ieri ho passato tutto il giorno a imparare l’italiano.
using the passato prossimo verbal form.
As correctly reported by @egreg, in some varieties of Italian (Sicilian, for instance) the passato remoto would be used, because ieri is a completed span of time.
So the sentence in this case would be:
Ieri passai tutto il giorno a imparare l’italiano.
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1You can also simply say "a imparare" (see italian.stackexchange.com/questions/1270/…), which maybe is easier for a beginner.– Charo ♦Jul 11, 2019 at 7:15
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Yes, “a imparare” is better than “ad imparare”: that “d” is generally only used when there are two equal vowels one after another (“ad andare”).– DaGJul 11, 2019 at 8:38
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2In some varieties of Italian (Sicilian, for instance) the passato remoto would be used, because ieri is a completed span of time.– egreg ♦Jul 11, 2019 at 9:16