144 Unit 20 6R e fl exive pronouns can also be used, in contemporary spoken Italian, as indirect objects. One such use is to stress that the action expressed by the verb 5 The plural forms of the re fl exive pronouns ( ci ,  vi ,  si ) are also used as reciprocal pronouns, corresponding to the English ‘each other’: 4 For the formal form, the pronoun  si  (third person singular and plural) is used. In the plural, however, the pronoun  vi  is most frequently used: 3 The negative is formed, as usual, by placing  non  before the pronoun: As can be seen from the examples, re fl exive pronouns are always placed before the verb. * Note that the third person singular and plural pronoun  si  is the same for masculine and feminine. 2 The forms of the re fl exive pronouns are as follows: mi ti si ci vi si myself yourself himself/herself/itself ourselves yourselves themselves A che ora ti alzi, la mattina? Paolo si* sveglia sempre tardi. Maria si* annoia. I tuoi amici si* sbagliano: il concerto non è stasera. Le mie amiche si* divertono. What time do you get up in the morning? Paolo always wakes up late. Maria is bored. Your friends are wrong: the concert is not tonight. My friends are enjoying themselves. Lorenzo non si annoia mai. Non ti diverti? Lorenzo never gets/is never bored. Aren’t you enjoying yourself? Come si sente, Signora? Vi divertite, Signori Rasi? GLYPH<H20903> (Si divertono, Signori Rasi?) How are you feeling, Madam? Are you enjoying yourselves(, Mr and Mrs Rasi)? Paolo e io non ci sopportiamo. Perché vi guardate? Alfredo e Pia non si parlano più. Paolo and I can’t stand each other. Why are you looking at each other? Alfredo and Pia don’t talk to each other any more.