All verbs ending in  -urre  have the following pattern: 4 The negative is formed, as usual, by putting  non  before the verb: Negative form -ucevo -ucevi -uceva -ucevamo -ucevate -ucevano trad ucevo trad ucevi trad uceva trad ucevamo trad ucevate trad ucevano I 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 translate Quando 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. facevo facevi faceva facevamo facevate facevano I 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 114 Unit 16 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.