1R e fl exive pronouns correspond to ‘myself’, ‘yourself’, etc. in phrases like ‘you  fl atter yourself’, ‘the cat’s licking itself’, ‘the recorder’s switched itself o ff ’. In such cases, the subject and the object of the verb are the same person or thing: Ti  guardi sempre allo specchio. Mi  lavo. Anna  si  veste per la festa. You always look at yourself in the mirror. I get washed. [lit. I wash myself] Anna’s getting dressed for the party. [lit. Anna’s dressing herself] addormentarsi alzarsi annoiarsi dimenticarsi lavarsi o ff endersi ricordarsi riposarsi sbagliarsi scusarsi sedersi sentirsi svegliarsi vestirsi to fall asleep [lit. to send oneself to sleep] to get up [lit. to raise oneself] to get/be bored [lit. to bore oneself] to forget [lit. to forget oneself] to get washed [lit. to wash oneself] to take o ff ence [lit. to o ff end oneself] to remember [lit. to recall oneself] to rest [lit. to rest oneself] to be wrong/mistaken [lit. to mistake oneself] to apologise [lit. to excuse oneself] to sit down [lit. to seat oneself] to feel (well, ill, etc.) [lit. to feel oneself] to wake up [lit. to waken oneself] to get dressed [lit. to dress oneself] There are very many verbs which can be used in the re fl exive form in Italian and which do not correspond to English re fl exive verbs. Here is a list of some of the most common ones: These examples show how the re fl exive pronouns are the direct objects of the verbs  lavare ,  guardare  and  vestire  and denote the same person as the subject. UNIT TWENTY Reflexive pronouns