Italian Reflexive Pronouns

The reflexive pronouns (i pronomi reflessivi) mi, ti, si, ci, vi, and si are identical in form to direct object pronouns, except for the third-person form si (which is the same in the singular and in the plural). The following table includes the reflexive pronouns in Italian.

ITALIAN REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
PERSON   SINGULAR
I   mi (myself)
II   ti (yourself)
III   si (himself; herself; itself; yourself, formal)

PERSON   PLURAL
I   ci (ourselves)
II   vi (yourselves)
III   si (themselves; yourselves, formal)

Just like direct object pronouns, reflexive pronouns are placed before a conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive. Note that the reflexive pronoun agrees with the subject even when attached to the infinitive:

Mi alzo. (I'm getting up.)
Voglio alzarmi./Mi voglio alzare. (I want to get up.)

Mi, ti, si, and vi may drop the i before another vowel or an h and replace it with an apostrophe. Ci may drop the i only before another i or an e:

Voi v'arrabbiate facilmente. (You get angry easily.)
I ragazzi s'alzano alle sette. (The boys woke up at seven o'clock.)
A casa, m'annoio. (At home, I get bored.)

To see how reflexive pronouns work with reflexive verbs, see a sample conjugation of lavarsi (to wash oneself) in the table below.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB LAVARSI (TO WASH ONESELF)