Ciao a tutti, here’s another FREE Italian grammar lesson: Reflexive pronouns.
Reflexive pronouns (i pronomi riflessivi) are identical in form to direct object pronouns, except for the third person form si (the third person singular and plural form).
SINGULAR | PLURAL |
mi myself | ci ourselves |
ti yourself | vi yourselves |
si himself, herself, itself, yourself (formal) | si themselves, yourselves (formal) |
Just like direct object pronouns, reflexive pronouns are placed before a conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive.
How does this typically construct?
The position of the pronoun also changes depending on the sentence construction
The Italian reflexive pronoun typically comes up front in the present simple tense
mi lavo I wash myself
ti lavi you wash yourself
si lava he washes himself, she washes herself, you wash yourself (formal)
ci laviamo we wash ourselves
vi lavate you wash yourselves
si lavano they wash themselves
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