Reflexive verbs like... «...Io mi chiamo». I VERBI RIFLESSIVI Reflexive verbs like... «...Io mi chiamo».

How do they work? The reflexive verbs have the same conjugation of verbs in -are, -ere, -ire, but before the verb we must put a reflexive pronoun. Pronouns like “myself”, “yourself” or herself. . . In Italian MI TI SI CI VI SI...

...Let’s see: first let’s the pronouns... Mi Myself Ti Yourself Si Himself|Herself Ci Ourselves Vi Yourselves Themselves

Let’s consider a normal verb like... Lavare (Io) lavo – I wash (Tu) lavi – you wash (Lui/lei) lava – he washes (Noi) laviamo – we wash (Voi) lavate – you wash (Loro) lavano – they wash

Let’s now turn it into a reflexive verb Lavare – non riflessivo (Io) mi lavo – I wash myself (Tu) ti lavi – You wash yourself (Lui/lei) si lava – He-she washes yourself (Noi) ci laviamo – We wash ourselves (Voi) vi lavate – You wash yourselves (Loro) si lavano – They wash themselves

The very important verb Chiamare ...non riflessivo (Io) chiamo = I call (Tu) chiami = You call (Lui/lei) chiama = He/She calls (Noi) chiamiamo = We call (Voi) chiamate = You call (Loro) chiamano = They call

Which comes to mean something else once turned into a reflexive verb Io mi chiamo... My name is Tu ti chiami... Your name is Lui – Lei si chiama... His-Her name is Noi ci chiamiamo... Our names are Voi vi chiamare... You names are Loro si chiamano... Their name are

Lui si bagna...

Loro si divertono

Lui si è perso e controlla la mappa

Lei si pettina

Loro si annoiano

Ed ecco una lista dei verbi riflessivi più comuni abbronzarsi to tan abituarsi a to get used to accontentarsi di to be satisfied with addormentarsi to go to sleep allontanarsi to move away alzarsi to get up annoiarsi to get bored arrabbiarsi to get angry bruciarsi to burn oneself cambiarsi to change clothes

& more chiamarsi to be named chiedersi to wonder comportarsi to behave comprarsi to buy for oneself coricarsi to go to bed decidersi a to decide to dirsi to tell oneself

& more farsi male to hurt oneself fidanzarsi to get engaged farsi la barba to shave farsi male to hurt oneself fidanzarsi to get engaged guardarsi to look at oneself lamentarsi to complain lavarsi to wash oneself mettersi a to begin to nascondersi to hide oneself occuparsi di to take care of pettinarsi to comb oneself

& more preoccuparsi di to worry about prepararsi a to get ready to presentarsi a to introduce oneself rassegnarsi a to resign oneself to rendersi conto di to realize, svegliarsi to wake up tagliarsi to cut oneself trovarsi to be, happen to be truccarsi to put on makeup

& more aspettarsi di to expect battersi to fight divertirsi to have fun domandarsi to wonder esprimersi to express oneself farsi i capelli to do one's hair farsi il bagno to bathe vantarsi di to boast vestirsi to get dressed

& no more... ricordarsi di to remember about /to riposarsi to rest rompersi to break (one's leg, arm...) sbagliarsi to be mistaken sbrigarsi to hurry sedersi to sit servirsi di to use sorprendersi di to be surprised at specializzarsi in to specialize in sposarsi con to get married to