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Register shift: passato remoto in southern/written Italian
Register shift: passato remoto in southern/written Italian
Structure:
In formal/literary or southern Italian, passato remoto replaces passato prossimo for remote events
In northern Italian speech, passato prossimo is used even for distant past; passato remoto is more common in formal writing and in southern Italy.
Example:
Dante nacque a Firenze nel 1265. **Translation:** Dante was born in Florence in 1265.
Examples
Dante nacque a Firenze nel 1265.
Dante was born in Florence in 1265.