Reflexive Verbs in Italian

In Italian, there are certain verbs that are called reflexive verbs. These are verbs that describe actions that you do to yourself. We need to learn which verbs operate this way, and how to conjugate them, so check this out!
Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College.
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[@MrSupernova111]

I came across this topic in one of my lessons a couple of months ago and it made no sense so I moved on. Today, I came across them again and looked up your video and I finally get it!! I'm so happy because verb conjugations in general are a big weakness of mine that I need to learn to speak Italian. I have a relatively large Italian vocabulary but without proper verb conjugations I'll never be able to have a dialog in Italian. I'm one step close now. Thank you so much!!

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Non preoccuparti.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

@@marudebaka6041 Could you translate what Non preoccuparti means.Thank-You.Colin.

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[@broytingaravsol]

is decidersi also for "making a decision"?

[@rafaelarshakiano749]

Grazie mille . I have a question about ( alzarsi). I have seen the film of ( scugnizzi 1989) and at the beginning of this film , the boy sings ( sce dodo sce ) and at the cinema here , this has been translated as ( alza ti ) . Is this meaning for ( sce dodo sce) true? If true , why isn't it said ( alzati)? Thank you for answer.

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Scetate, sce'(tate)!: wake up!. It is Neapolitan language

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[@nathanbeer3338]

Why in the first example is it le lava instead of si lava?

[@janeyre82]

The first example is a review of transitive verbs, not a reflexive verb.

[@juliamary1587]

I believe it's because "le" means "them" so "le lava" means "He washes them (the vegetables)." "Si lava" would mean "He washes himself."

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[@garytaylor5818]

Confused about How Francesca falling in love with a doctor is reflexive

[@marudebaka6041]

Because "falling in love" is a reflexive verb in Italian. I don't think there is any other reason.

[@damianow.6114]

Is this sentence correct (?): Ho comprato i funghi e li lavo.

[@marudebaka6041]

It seems to say "I bought the mushrooms and wash them." (I'm not an expert in Italian grammar, so I could be wrong." I think if you were trying to say "I bought the mushrooms and WASHED them" you would have to use passato prossimo for lavarsi, too. So maybe "Ho comprato i funghi e li ho lavato." Take it with a grain of salt. I'm a beginner.

[@damianow.6114]

@@marudebaka6041 bravissimo, sto riguardando questo vecchio commento e sto ridendo a crepapelle ahaahahah.. Adesso mi considero quasi un parlante fluente dell'italiano e guardando questo commento mi fa pensare quant'è difficile la lingua italiana... comunque, sì, la sua frase è anche corretta! Bravo!

[@chrisj1319]

​@@damianow.6114 What other resources did you use to learn?

[@garytaylor5818]

Bisogna alzarsi .... isn't alzarsi the inifintive? so where is the pronoun after that?

[@janeyre82]

The proper infinitive is ALZARE, the reflexive pronoun is SI. When you attach the reflexive pronoun (or any other kind of pronoun) to the infinitive, you have to cut off the final E first, so the reflexive infinitive becomes ALZARSI.

[@burigotommaso6280]

rádersi not radérsi

[@theophonchana5025]

si reflexive pronoun

[@zoallanguages]

Amazing!