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The Secret to Impersonal Reflexive Verbs

3  Play Caption   The Grammar Collision: When Reflexive Verbs Join the Party   So far, the...

Reflexive verbs in compound tenses

Recognizing and using reflexive verbs can be tricky in Italian. There...

Getting personal with the reflexive

of the lesson about the basics of reflexive verbs. With a true reflexive verb, you need the...

The basics of reflexive verbs

same. See these video lessons about the reflexive.  Since English works differently, the Italian reflexive verb can be tricky to understand, translate,...

Understanding the Reciprocal Reflexive Form

above, in Italian, “reciprocals” look just like reflexives. Capirci (to understand each another) is “improperly reflexive” but works like a true reflexive and so...

Reflections on the Reflexive

We talked a little about reflexive personal pronouns in Ci Gets Around. They...

What's the difference between lasciare and partire?

my back."    Attenzione!  We can also use the reflexive form of lasciare: lasciarsi, which can either mean...

Scusi or scusa: Which should I use?

Caption   However, when it's used in the reflexive form, scusarsi, it means "to apologize." We...

la fiducia (the trust) and related words

to trust)   In Italian, fidarsi is a reflexive verb. This already makes it different from...

The verb cuocere (to cook) e dintorni

to take, to get), usually in its reflexive form.  Mi sa che qui qualcuno si...

Accordare the verb

But it's also possible to use the reflexive verb accordarsi. Gli sposi devono accordarsi su un...

Showing up in Italian

up in Italian. They often involve the reflexive form of a verb. Let's look at...

The waiting game with aspettare and attendere

Here, we can connect it to the reflexive verb form aspettarsi (to expect).    Il reso...

Struggling with fare fatica

trying hard or working hard, then the reflexive verb impegnarsi works well. Hai visto che quando...

Scordare vs dimenticare (to forget)

scordare (or scordarsi) in a compound tense in its reflexive or pronominal form.   Non mi dire che...

The prefix pro- (forward)

3  Play Caption   Porre can also be reflexive, with a more figurative meaning of considering...

What's sbarcare il lunario?

sbarcare.    Sbarcare can also be used in its reflexive form: sbarcarsela, and as a pronominal verb, sbarcarla,...

Fidanzato: Engaged or having a boy/girlfriend?

Un esame importante - Part 2  Play Caption   Reflexive structure? When we talk about the process...

Are you confused about confondere?

it's a process, and we go the reflexive route with the reflexive form of the...

La fiducia (trust) and fidarsi (to trust)

because "to trust" happens to be a reflexive verb.    A reflexive verb in Italian is...

Ways to begin in Italian

Caption   When avviare is used as a reflexive verb (avviarsi), it means "to leave," "to...

3 verbs that end in -are

out and looking swollen.   There is a reflexive form as well, so when we get...

The verb aspettare and its nuances

Expectations with aspettarsi   When we use aspettare reflexively, in other words — aspettarsi — the meaning changes....

I Mezzi: What are they?

verb we can use is spostare, in its reflexive form, spostarsi. This is an interview with some high...