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Have You Noticed? Posted by on Mar 1, 2017

Last week I published an article about the use of rendersi conto (to realise/be aware). Today we’re going to look at the very similar verb accorgersi (to notice/to become aware). Let’s begin with the two main tenses: presente and passato prossimo. Although you will hear accorgersi used in the present tense, especially in formal written…

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Be Aware! Posted by on Feb 24, 2017

Rendere conto or rendersi conto? This verb changes meaning depending on whether it’s used in its active form: rendere conto (to report to), or its reflexive form: rendersi conto (to realize, to be aware). The reflexive form is the most commonly used in everyday language, so today we’re going to have look at its conjugation…

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Fried Brains – How to use Italian Reflexive Verbs in the Past Tense Posted by on Apr 24, 2014

Knowing how to use double pronouns in Italian is a task that makes you suffer from cervelli fritti (fried brains), as one of our readers so nicely put it. Therefore, it’s important to keep revisiting the topic. Suppose you wanted to reply to the question: “Ti sei ricordato di comperare il pane?” (‘Did you remember…

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