Breakdown of Questi dipinti sono stati esposti e molto apprezzati.
essere
to be
e
and
molto
very
questi
these (masculine)
Questions & Answers about Questi dipinti sono stati esposti e molto apprezzati.
Why are there three verbs together (sono stati esposti) to say "were exhibited"?
This is the passive voice in a compound tense like the passato prossimo. To form it, you take the auxiliary verb essere and put it in the passato prossimo (sono stati), then add the past participle of your main verb (esposti).
Why do both stati and esposti end in -i?
In the passive voice, because it is built with essere, every past participle must agree with the subject in gender and number. Since questi dipinti is masculine plural, both the auxiliary's participle (stati) and the main verb's participle (esposti) must take the masculine plural -i ending.
What is the infinitive form of the verb esposti?
It is the irregular past participle of esporre, which means to exhibit or to expose. Most verbs ending in -porre follow a similarly irregular pattern for their past participles.
Why does the second part of the sentence say molto apprezzati instead of repeating sono stati?