Italian reflexive verbs

I'm learning Italian and just stumbled upon this illustration showing some commonly used Italian reflexive verbs and pronominal verbs:



You can see the English translation of those ten verbs in the table below:




So... I couldn't help it, I had to make some example sentences to study those verbs.



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Notice (!!) that it's only in some of the example sentences above that the verbs are used as reflexive or pronominal verbs (mi sveglio, lavarmi, mi faccio la barba, mi trucco, vestirmi, spogliarsi, correre mi, si è laureato).

In two of the examples, however, the verbs are not used as reflexive verbs (no. 3. i miei capelli sono impossibili da pettinare, and no. 9. quel cane è arrabbiato con me).

So.. that said, let's practise the pronunciation! I asked my girlfriend to read them aloud for me, so I can study them while she's helping in her mom's shop :-)





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I also made a small list containing some more useful Italian pronominal and reflexive verbs. The list is ordered by frequency, so that the most frequently used words - farsi, mettersi, muoversi etc. - are at the top. I found the frequency of each word on my site http://ngramfinder.com/:


Notice that all of the Italian verbs in the table above have the ending -arsi, -ersi, or -irsi. However, some of those verbs are reflexive and some are only pronominal.

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Only those verbs where the subject is performing the act on itself are reflexive verbs - for example lavarsi (to wash oneself), pettinarsi (to comb one's hair), and chiamarsi (to be called/to call onself).

And finally... if you just can't get enough of Italian reflexive verbs, I've gathered these links for you too:



Thanks for sharing, liking, and loving this post to keep Italian pronominal and reflexive verbs alive all around the world :D