pronouns
Subject pronouns
SUBJECT PRONOUNS SINGULAR PLURAL First person Io Noi Second person Tu Voi Third person masculine Lui Loro Third person feminine Lei Loro They indicate the subject of a sentence. In Italian, the subject pronouns can often be omitted, because the subject is already suggested by the endings of the verb. Example: io mangio (I eat) tu mangi (you eat) lui/lei mangia (he/she eats) noi mangiamo (we eat) voi mangiate (you eat) loro mangiano (they eat) Since the verb ends in -o, -i, -a, iamo, ate, ano we can omit the pronouns io, tu, lui/lei, noi, voi, loro. When I say “mangio”, we know that io is implied.
Reflexive pronouns
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS SINGULAR PLURAL First person Io mi Noi ci Second person Tu ti Voi vi Third person masculine Lui si Loro si Third person feminine Lei si Loro si Reflexive pronouns are used together with reflexive verbs. To know more about reflexive verbs, click here.