158 Unit 22 Quando  si è  student i si è  pover i. Se si mangia troppo  si diventa grass i. Quando  si è  malat i  si rimane a casa. Quando  si è  giovan i si è  ottimist i. Se si veste in nero  si sembra  magr i. When one is a student, one is poor. If you eat too much you get fat. When you are ill you stay at home. When one is young one is an optimist. If you dress in black you look slim. Il biglietto  [sing.]  si  prende all’ingresso. Il sale  [sing.]  si  compra  in tabaccheria. Al mercato si  vende la frutta  [sing.] migliore. Si  deve  lavare  l’insalata  [sing.] prima di mangiarla. In biblioteca si  può  leggere  il giornale  [sing.] . The ticket is obtained/You get your ticket at the door. Salt is bought/You buy salt at the tobacconist’s. The best fruit is sold at the market. Lettuce should be washed before you eat it/You should wash lettuce before eating it. In the library you can read the paper/ The paper can be read in the library. Anche  le cartolin e  [pl.]  si  comprano in tabaccheria. I lamponi  [pl.]  si  mangiano  in estate . In vacanza si  fanno  molte  fotogra fi e [pl.] . Si  devono  comprare  i biglietti  [pl.] in anticipo. In quel Cine Club si  possono  vedere molti  fi lm  [pl.] . Postcards are also bought/You also buy postcards at the tobacconist’s. Raspberries are eaten in summer. A lot of pictures are taken on holiday/ On holiday you take a lot of pictures. Tickets should be purchased in advance. A lot of  fi lms can be seen/You can see a lot of  fi lms at that cine club. The plural is used when the noun that accompanies the verb is plural: In this type of sentence, the verb can be in either the third person singular or the third person plural. The singular is used if the noun that accompanies the verb is singular: 3 Si  is also used as an impersonal subject in sentences which have a passive meaning, like this one: ‘In Nuova Zelanda si parla inglese.’ The correspond- ing sentence in English would have either a passive verb (‘English is spoken in New Zealand’) or an impersonal one (‘One speaks/They speak English in New Zealand’). Si  in sentences with a passive meaning