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Ti sei sposato l'anno scorso?

Ti sei sposato l'anno scorso?
Did you get married last year?
From Lesson 71:Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)·Italian

Breakdown of Ti sei sposato l'anno scorso?

l'anno
the year (m)
scorso
last / previous
sposarsi
to get married

Questions & Answers about Ti sei sposato l'anno scorso?

Why do we use sei instead of hai for the past tense here?
The verb here is sposarsi (to get married), which is a reflexive verb (shown by the pronoun ti). In Italian, all reflexive verbs must use essere (to be) as their helping verb in the past tense (passato prossimo). Instead of using avere (to have), you are literally saying "yourself you are married."
How would this sentence change if I were asking a woman?
It would become Ti sei sposata l'anno scorso? Whenever a past tense verb uses essere as its helper, the past participle (sposato) acts like an adjective and must change its ending to match the subject. Since you are speaking to a single female, the -o changes to an -a.
Why is there an l' before anno scorso?
In English, we just say "last year" without an article. However, Italian usually requires a definite article (the) for time expressions like this, making it literally "the year past." Because anno starts with a vowel, the singular article becomes l'.
Does scorso just mean "last"?
Yes, in the context of time, scorso means "last" or "past." Because it is an adjective, it has to match the gender and number of the noun it describes. For example, if you were talking about "last week" (la settimana), it would change to the feminine form: la settimana scorsa.

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