{"id":13537,"date":"2017-03-01T21:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=13537"},"modified":"2017-03-01T21:00:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:00:42","slug":"have-you-noticed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/have-you-noticed\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Noticed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I published an article about the use of<\/span> rendersi conto<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (to realise\/be aware). Today we’re going to look at the very similar verb accorgersi<\/strong> (to notice\/to become aware)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin with the two main tenses: presente<\/strong> and passato prossimo<\/strong>. Although you will hear accorgersi<\/strong> used in the present tense, especially in formal written Italian,\u00a0in every day conversation you are more likely to use it in the past tense.<\/p>\n

Presente:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

mi <\/strong>accorgo<\/strong> (I notice\/become aware)
\nti <\/strong>accorgi<\/strong> (singular, informal:<\/i> you notice\/become aware)
\nsi <\/strong>accorge<\/strong> ( formal:<\/i> you notice\/become aware; he\/she notices\/becomes aware)
\nci <\/strong>accorgiamo<\/strong> (we notice\/become aware)
\nvi <\/strong>accorgete<\/strong> (plural: <\/i>you notice\/become aware)
\nsi <\/strong>accorgono<\/strong> (they notice\/become aware)<\/p>\n

Examples<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

quando gli occhi si abituano alla poca luce, ci si accorge di una splendida statua<\/strong> (when one’s eyes adjust to the lack of light one becomes aware of a splendid statue)
\nstai attento, ch\u00e9 se la mamma se ne accorge sono guai <\/b>(be careful, because if mum notices it there will be trouble)
\npoi, dopo un anno, si accorgono di un clamoroso errore giudiziario<\/strong> (then, after a year, they become aware of a blatant judicial error)<\/p>\n

Passato Prossimo:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

mi sono <\/strong>accorto<\/strong>\/a <\/strong>(I noticed\/became aware)
\nti sei <\/strong>accorto<\/strong>\/a <\/strong>(singular, informal:<\/i> you noticed\/became aware)
\nsi \u00e8 <\/strong>accorto<\/strong>\/a <\/strong>( formal:<\/i> you noticed\/became aware; he\/she noticed\/became aware)
\nci siamo <\/strong>accorti<\/strong>\/e <\/strong>(we noticed\/became aware)
\nvi siete <\/strong>accorti<\/strong>\/e <\/strong>(plural: <\/i>you noticed\/became aware)
\nsi sono <\/strong>accorti<\/strong>\/e <\/strong>(they noticed\/became aware)<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/span><\/span>
\nguarda, <\/b>L<\/b><\/strong>ucia non si \u00e8 <\/strong>accorta<\/strong> di aver<\/strong>e<\/strong> le calze spaiate!<\/strong> (look, Lucia hasn’t noticed that she’s wearing odd socks!)
\nquando ci siamo accorti che la macchina non c’era pi\u00f9 ci siamo spaventati<\/b> <\/b>(when we noticed that the car wasn’t there anymore we got scared)
\nnon ti sei accorto che il fuoco si \u00e8 spento?<\/b> (didn’t you notice that the fire has gone out?)<\/p>\n

\"Odd<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some examples which use other important tenses and moods:<\/p>\n

Trapassato Prossimo:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

scusa, non me n’ero accorta<\/strong> (sorry, I hadn’t noticed it<\/em>)N.B. ‘ne<\/strong>‘ in this construction corresponds to ‘it<\/em>‘, which would not normally be used in English.
\nper fortuna Luca si era accorto dell’odore di gas e aveva chiamato i vigili del fuoco<\/strong> (luckily Luca had become aware of the gas smell and called the fire brigade)
\nnon ci eravamo accorti che il treno era arrivato ad un altro binario<\/strong> (we hadn’t noticed that train had arrived at a different platform)<\/p>\n

Congiuntivo:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

speriamo che mamma e pap\u00e0 non se ne <\/strong>accorgano <\/strong>present subjunctive <\/i>(let’s hope that mum and dad won’t notice it<\/em>) N.B. ‘ne<\/strong>‘ in this construction corresponds to ‘it<\/em>‘, which would not normally be used in English.
\npensi che <\/strong>Lucia si sia accorta di avere le calze spaiate<\/strong>?<\/strong> past subjunctive<\/i> (do you think that Lucia has noticed that she’s wearing odd socks?)
\ncosa faresti se ti accorgessi che tuo marito ti tradisce?<\/b> imperfect subjunctive <\/i>(what would you do if you became aware that your husband was cheating on you?)
\nse me ne fossi accorta prima non l’avrei comprato <\/b>pluperfect subjunctive<\/i> <\/b>(if I’d noticed it earlier I wouldn’t have bought it)<\/p>\n

Common expressions<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

non farti accorgere!<\/b> you singular, informal<\/i> (don’t get caught!), plural<\/em> non fatevi accorgere<\/b>!
\nma come hai fatto a non accorgertene<\/b>?<\/b> you singular, informal<\/i> (how did you manage not to notice it?)
\nma come avete fatto a non accorgervene?<\/b> you plural <\/i>(how did you manage not to notice it?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n

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