Italian Reflexive Verbs

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Italian Reflexive Verbs

• Reflexive verbs, generally, are verbs in which
  the subject and the object are the same in
  English, you use the reflexive pronouns myself,
  yourself, himself, etc
• Examples Lavarsi (reflexive verb)
• Lavare( not reflexive)

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I Riflessivi
Alzarsi
Svegliarsi
Lavarsi
Pettinarsi
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So what is a reflexive verb?

• Lets look at the following examples to see if we
  can figure it out together.
• 1. Mi chiamo Maria.
• I call myself Maria.
• 2. Io chiamo il cane.
• I call the dog.

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Per esempio He washes his hands before dinner.
I wash my face. We brush our teeth.
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The infinitive of reflexive verbs always ends in
si, so you can have verbs ending in arsi, -ersi
or -irsi.
Some examples are Lavarsi to wash
oneself Chiamarsi to call oneself Mettersi to
put on oneself Vestirsi to dress oneself
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Reflexive verbs are conjugated the same way
regular verbs are. For example lets take the
verb lavare.
Lavare To wash
     LAVO 
     LAVI 
     LAVA 
     LAVIAMO 
     LAVATE 
     LAVANO 
Io
Tu
Lui/Lei/ Lei
Noi
Voi
Loro
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LAVARE to wash
Io ____la macchina.
lavo
lavi
Tu ____la finestra
lava
Lui _____il cane.
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Lavare as a reflexive verb is Lavarsi. Lavarsi
means to wash oneself.
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Reflexive Pronouns
Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns
Myself MI
Yourself TI
Himself/herself SI
Ourselves CI
Yourselves VI
Themselves SI
These pronouns generally go before the
reflexive verb.
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Lavarsi Lavarsi To wash oneself
NEL PRESENTE NEL PRESENTE NEL PRESENTE
Io      LAVO 
Tu      LAVI 
Lui / Lei / Lei      LAVA 
Noi      LAVIAMO 
Voi      LAVATE 
Loro      LAVANO 
MI
TI
SI
CI
VI
SI
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A Lavarsi - to wash oneselfB Lavare- to
wash anything
A reflexive
B NOT REFLEXIVE
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A. Radersi to shave oneself himself,etc B.
radere/ to shave

• A. reflexive B not reflexive

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APettinarsi- to comb one's hairB.Pettinare- to
comb

• A. reflexive B. not reflexive

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A.svegliarsi- to wake up oneself B.
svegliare-to wake up someone

• A. reflexive B. not reflexive

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Avestirsi - to dress oneselfBvestire - to
dress

• A reflexive B not reflexive

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COMMON ITALIAN REFLEXIVE VERBS

• addormentarsi to fall asleep
• alzarsi to get up
• annoiarsi to be bored
• chiamarsi to be named
• divertirsi to have fun, to enjoy oneself
• farsi il bagno to bathe oneself
• farsi la doccia to take a shower
• fermarsi to stop oneself
• lavarsi to wash oneself
• lavarsi i denti to wash ones teeth

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COMMON ITALIAN REFLEXIVE VERBS

• mettersi to put (clothing) on
• mettersi a to begin to (do something)
• pettinarsi to comb one's hair
• prepararsi to prepare onself
• preoccuparsi (di) to worry (about)
• sedersi to sit down
• sentirsi to feel
• svegliarsi to wake up
• vestirsi to get dressed

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Reflexive pronouns (i pronomi riflessivi)

• SINGULAR PLURAL
• mi myself ci ourselves
• ti yourself vi yourselves
• si himself,herself, si themselves,
  yourself(f), itself yourselves (f)
  (fformal)