All verbs ending in -urre have the following pattern:
Negative form
4 The negative is formed, as usual, by putting non before the verb:
facevo
facevi
faceva
facevamo
facevate
facevanoI did/was doing/used to do
you did/were doing/used to do
he/she/it did/was doing/used to do
we did/were doing/used to do
you did/were doing/used to do
they did/were doing/used to do-ucevo-ucevi-uceva-ucevamo-ucevate-ucevanotraducevotraducevitraducevatraducevamotraducevatetraducevanoI translated/was translating/used to
translate
you translated/were translating/used to
translate
he/she/it translated/was translating/used to
translate
we translated/were translating/used to
translate
you translated/were translating/used to
translate
they translated/were translating/used to
translateQuando ero bambino abitavo a
Parma.
Ieri il tempo era bello.
Al concerto c’erano più di 900
persone.
Mia sorella beveva solo acqua
minerale, ora beve anche acqua
di rubinetto.
Cosa dicevi?
Cosa faceva, Signora, quando non
lavorava?
L’interprete traduceva, ma nessuno
ascoltava.When I was a child I lived in Parma.Yesterday the weather was lovely.
There were more than 900 people at
the concert.
My sister only used to drink mineral
water, now she drinks tap water as
well.
What were you saying?
What did you do(, Madam), when you
weren’t working/didn’t work?
The interpreter was translating, but
nobody was listening.Di solito la domenica non uscivo.
Quando hai telefonato non facevo
niente di speciale.I didn’t usually go out on Sundays.
When you phoned I wasn’t doing
anything special.