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Se vs. si. if, whether. Vi dispiace se mi siedo qui ? (Do you mind if I sit here?) Se fossi libero, accetterei il suo invito . (If I were free, I would accept his invitation.) (the pronoun "si" becomes "se" when followed by a third-person direct object clitic: lo, la, li, le, or ne) Guardatelo. Non se lo merita . (Look at him.
18 Δεκ 2020 · Readers will learn how to use se in Italian to form first type if-clauses, expressing realistic hypotheses in various tenses. Se means if or whether and introduces conditional clauses in Italian. First type if-clauses express realistic hypotheses about the present or near future.
Pronominal verbs with two pronouns always have either ci or the reflexive pronoun si together with la/le/ne. The pronouns si and ci become se and ce, respectively. farcela to make it, succeed = fare + ci + la; andarsene to go away = andare + si (reflexive) + ne
Remember: In double pronoun constructions the reflexive pronouns become me, te, se, ce, ve, se. In pronominal verbs with two pronouns, one of which is a reflexive pronoun, the reflexive pronoun comes before the second pronoun. For example: te la, me ne, se ne.
In Italian, there are 3 types of “if clauses”: Type 1 – REALITY . Type 2 – POSSIBILITY. Type 3 – IMPOSSIBILITY. If clause – Type 1. It expresses a real hypothesis having a certain consequence. This type of “if clause” can be formed in 4 ways: 1) PRESENT INDICATIVE + PRESENT INDICATIVE. Example: Se mangi troppo, ingrassi.
The direct pronouns always come before the verb: Examples. It can also be used formally, for the formal “Lei”: Signora, La chiamo domani. (La=Lei) Madam, I'll cal you tomorrow. Direttore, La disturbo? (La=Lei) Director, am I disturbing you? Professore, La ringrazio. Arriveder La. (La=lei) Thank you Professor. See you soon.
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. (active form) In Bologna a lot of meat is eaten. (passive form) The same effect is achieved in Italian using the “impersonal si” and the ...
