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May 27, 2014 - 06:12 AM
Hi Tristan
We couldn't have explained it any better than Riff251 and Kristin. Great job guys! So yes, these reflexive verbs which are much more common in Italian than in English need a reflexive pronoun to indicate that the action is done to oneself. English equivalents would be wash oneself (as Riff251 mentioned), dry oneself or look after oneself, for example. As Riff251 pointed out the reflexive pronouns are:
mi - myself
ti - yourself(i)
si - him/herself, yourself (formal)
ci - ourselves
vi - yourselves(p)
si - themselves
They are usually attached to the verb in the infinitive (alzarsi) and placed before the conjugated verb (mi alzo). We used "alzare" in the tutorial simply to show you how to form the past participle "alzato" as the ending -ARE is easier to spot without the pronoun attached to it.
We couldn't have explained it any better than Riff251 and Kristin. Great job guys! So yes, these reflexive verbs which are much more common in Italian than in English need a reflexive pronoun to indicate that the action is done to oneself. English equivalents would be wash oneself (as Riff251 mentioned), dry oneself or look after oneself, for example. As Riff251 pointed out the reflexive pronouns are:
mi - myself
ti - yourself(i)
si - him/herself, yourself (formal)
ci - ourselves
vi - yourselves(p)
si - themselves
They are usually attached to the verb in the infinitive (alzarsi) and placed before the conjugated verb (mi alzo). We used "alzare" in the tutorial simply to show you how to form the past participle "alzato" as the ending -ARE is easier to spot without the pronoun attached to it.