Reflexive Verbs (Verbi
Riflesivi)
Many verbs may be conjugated with reflexive or reciprocal pronouns.
In this case, the pronoun (me, te, se, se,
ve, se) changes
to reflect the subject of the verb. Note that reflexive pronouns come after
subject pronouns (te subj. te refl. domandi
you ask yourself...)
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Me domando. I ask myself, I wonder.
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Te te domandi... You ask yourself...
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El se varda 'ntel specio. He looks at himself in
the mirror.
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Se parlémo. We speake to one another.
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Ve stufè. You are bored.
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Le se varda. They (fem.)
look one another.
Differently from other romance languages, Venetan uses the reflexive form
se even in the 1st p. plural while the normal personal pronoun is
ne.
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ne vardè You look at us
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se vardémo We look at ourselves
See also Reflexive
pronouns, Passive voice.
Reflexive and pronominal verbs always have auxiliary aver
as in Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan.
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me go vardà I [have] looked at myself
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el se ga vardà He [has] looked at himself
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i se ga domandà They [have] asked to themselves...They
wondered...
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se ghemo visto We saw ourselves...We met...
However, speakers who don't know Venetan very well (especially young) say
me so' vardà, i se xe vardài using Italian
grammatical rules.
Vardarse to look at oneself
Examples with Present and Past Indicative and
Imperative (affirmative and some interrogative forms).
Note that the auxiliary is aver
and the past participle is invariable (always masc. sg. form)
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Indefinite Moods
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Present Indicative
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Present Perfect Indicative
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Imperative
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Pres. Infin.
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vardarse
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me vardo |
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me go (m'ò)
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vardà |
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Pres. Part.
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drio vardarse
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te
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te vardi |
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te
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te ghè
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vardà |
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vàrdete!
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el / la
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se varda |
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el / la
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se ga (s'à)
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vardà |
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Pres. Ger.
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vardàndose
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se vardémo |
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se ghémo
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vardà |
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vardémose!
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Past Ger.
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avèndose vardà
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ve vardè |
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ve gavì
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vardà |
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vardève!
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i / le
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se varda |
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i / le
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se ga (s'à)
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vardà |
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Interrogative forms:
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me vàrdoi? do I look at myself ?
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te vàrdito? do you look at yourself?
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te ghèto vardà? did you look at myself?
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se ga
lo vardà? did he look
at himself?
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