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Ho troppe scarpe
I have too many shoes
Literally: '(I) have too-many shoes'.

See my post on decluttering my shoes.

Avevo troppe scarpe
I used to have too many shoes
Literally: '(I) used-to-have too-many shoes'.

If you want to find out more

'Avevo' is one of the past tenses of 'ho' (I have). It translates the English expression 'I used to…'.

The other past tense (the one that uses 'ho' followed by the verb ending in '-to', like 'ho mangiato') is used for one-off past actions.

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