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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.
SI is an impersonal pronoun meaning “one” (someone). Let’s learn how to use the impersonal SI correctly in Italian.
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’.
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)
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.
13 Αυγ 2020 · Readers will learn how to use the impersonal in Italian to create general statements without a specific subject. The impersonal. si. is used for sentences without a specific subject, making them generalized. It can replace generic subjects like. la gente. (people), tutti. (everyone), or.
18 Ιαν 2020 · 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.
