PAST TENSES

simple

Imperfect indicative- unfinished/repeated action: i used to go
Past Absolute tense (simple past)
Imperfect subjunctive

compound

Past perfect- (action finished, but affects present): i have gone / i went - sono andato
Present perfect
Past Subjunctive: i have gone/ i went - sia andato
Past perfect subjunctive: i had gone - fossi andato
Conditional Perfect: i would have gone - sarei andato
Past Anterior: i had gone - fui andato
Past Perfect Tense
regular e.g.
-are..-ato
-ere.. -uto
-ire.. -ito 		parlato
venduto
capito
e.g. PARLARE to speak
ho parlato- i spoke/ have spoken
hai parlato- you spoke/ have spoken
ha parlato- he,she spoke/ has spoken
abbiamo parlato- we spoke/ have spoken
avete parlato- you spoke/ have spoken
hanno parlato- they spoke/ have spoken
actions in the past, but affects continue or have reference to the present (e.g. Roberto ha venduto la casa- Roberto has sold the house / Non ho ricevuto una lettera- I didnt recieve a letter today).
English uses present perfect, (e.g. its the first time ive seen him) but italiano uses present tense (e.g. è la prima volta che lo vedo) (in english, pp often ends in -ed or -en. Many are irreg, both in ital & english) e.g. i have eaten, he has finished.
Imperfect tense
-ARE -ERE -IRE
-avo
-avi
-ava
-avamo
-avate
-avano		 -evo
-evi
-eva
-evamo
-evate
-evano		 -ivo
-ivi
-iva
-ivamo
-ivate
-ivano

usually used for "was/were ...ing"

Reflexive Verbs
All verbs used reflexively take essere:
Mi sono svegliato all sette, mi sono alzato subitio, mi sono lavato, e mi sono vestito.
I woke up at 7, got up immediately, washed and dressed.