In Italian, which auxiliary verb is used in the passato prossimo of the verb andare (to go)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Essere, as in "Maria è andata al mercato"
- Step 1: Verbs of movement such as andare, venire and partire take essere in compound tenses. Step 2. The past participle then agrees with the subject: andata for a woman, andato for a man. Answer: essere. Why not the others: avere is used with most transitive verbs, and the two auxiliaries are not interchangeable.
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