详解反身代词.docx

详解反身代词
What is a reflexive verb (verbo riflessivo)? A verb is reflexive when the action carried si (himself; herself; itself; yourself, formal) si (themselves; yourselves, formal)
To see how reflexive pronouns work with verbs, see a sample conjugation of lavarsi (to wash oneself) in the table below.










CONJUGATION OF THE VERB LAVARSI (TO WASH ONESELF) PERSON SINGULAR PLURAL I (io) mi lavo (noi) ci laviamo II (tu) ti lavi (voi) vi lavate III (lui, lei, Lei) si lava (loro, Loro) si lavano
Just like direct object pronouns, reflexive pronouns are placed before a conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive. Note that the reflexive pronoun agrees with the subject even when attached to the infinitive:
Mi alzo. (I'm getting up.)
Voglio alzarmi./Mi voglio alzare. (I want to get up.)
Mi, ti, si, and vi may drop the i before another vowel or an h and replace it with an apostrophe. Ci may drop the i only before another i or an e:
Voi v'arrabbiate facilmente. (You get angry easily.)
I ragazzi s'alzano alle sette. (The boys woke up at seven o'clock.)
A casa, m'annoio. (At home, I get bored.)
For a list of common reflexive verbs in Italian, see the following table.
COMMON REFLEXIVE VERBS accorgersi (di) to notice addor