Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
Learn Italian online with our series of free Italian lessons! Each lesson contains links to an explanation of the grammar, plus practice exercises and audio material recorded by native speakers. This is lesson 12 and covers the impersonal form with ‘si’.
SI is an impersonal pronoun meaning “one” (someone). Let’s learn how to use the impersonal SI correctly in Italian.
In this lesson you will study the impersonal form with ‘si’, which is more or less the Italian equivalent of the passive form in English. For example, in English: In Bologna people eat a lot of meat.
In Italian, all verbs have the impersonal forms – both transitive and intransitive ones. Bases on the context, we can use the following constructions. si or uno + verb in 3 rd person singular; For Example: A Natale si mangia il panettone – (For Christmas you eat panettone)
In Italian, we have a simple way to make a generalization or to make a sentence where the subject is not specified: the impersonal form. The impersonal form is made up by: si + any verb conjugated in the 3rd person singular. Example: In Italia, si mangia bene. In Italy, we generally eat good food.
The impersonal use of ‘si’ allows us to form sentences without referring to a subject or agent. The idea is that the verb is ‘done’ by ‘la gente’, ‘le persone’, ‘qualcuno’ or ‘uno’, but it doesn’t need to be said. ‘Si’ can be used either with or without a direct object.
26 Απρ 2020 · Unlike the SI riflessivo, which refers to a person or a group of specific people, the SI impersonale replaces “la gente”, “le persone” (the people), “tutti” (everybody) and it’s always used in the third person, singular and plural, with the auxiliary verb essere (to be).
