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I was always told that generally an easy way to remember is:-a. If the verb involves coming or going action then use essere.b. If the verb requires an object then use avere. e.g. I ate (something), I bought (something) etc.c. If the verb doesn't require an object then use essere e.g. I went, I arrived, I left etc.

Yes, Postmac, I was going to say the same thing. Many of us haven't ever even really been taught English grammar so don't always know what transative/intransative verbs are - I didn't really go into some of the finer details until A-level or even degree level �������� grammar. As a general rule, I was taught that verbs of movement take 'essere'. There are relatively few verbs that take essere, so I found it easier to remember those. They're pretty much the same verbs that take etre in French (arrivare, partire, essere, andare, cadere, uscire, venire, scendere, entrare, diventare, crescere, morire, nascere...). Obviously this is not a comprehensive list but it's a start! And obviously, it's not as simple as that, as Valentina has indicated, as there are reflexive verbs, and some verbs can be transitive and intransitive... But that's something that comes with time and practice and by listening to natives (thanks Valentina) doing it properly!

On the contrary, the first thing ��������s are taught is grammar. Maybe because School tries to help speaking-dialect kids learning the correct way to speak ��������.Anyway I know a lot of �������� people who still cannot recognize transitive verbs and a lot of other things..I still remember of the mistakes I made at elementary schools. A red pen was used to correct big mistakes while the blue one was used to sign little mistakes.Though this could sound a little odd to UK citizens. Maybe blue/red pen is an old (bad) souvenir:Do you agree with it? ps: scusate, didn't find the English version, but the content may sound familiar to you.

 That says it all, really! British teachers aren't allowed to correct things any more anyway - as long as the student has managed to get his/her point across, it doesn't matter how littered with grammatical errors and spelling mistakes it is... don't start me on this!I heard my 4-year-old daughter's nursery teacher telling her she's not allowed to say 'win' today. I rest my case.  

...well done Vale - useful and...amusing!

Thanks to be so kind! you must be laughing in your mind, since "flied" has reference to baseball, as it is well explained here:So the alternative to the above phrase would be:The ball flied / La palla è volata via :)You must admit that in a way it isn't a big error so the red pen may be too "aggressive"...In �������� we say "Mi sono salvata in calcio d'angolo" - when you try and succeed to show that you were (less or more) right.. ...In reality, it was a lapsus! I perfectly know the right paradigma is "to fly - flew - flown", but I often write flied..:p maybe because it's similar to "flies" and my mind associates the two words.