Romeo and Juliet meet, hug, kiss, and fall in love. They comfort each other, admire each other, and get married—but not without some help from reciprocal reflexive verbs! These verbs express a reciprocal action that involves more than one person. The plural reflexive pronouns ci, vi, and si are used when conjugating reciprocal reflexive verbs:
Si abbracciarono affettuosamente. (They embraced each other affectionately.)
Ci scambiammo alcune informazione. (They exchanged some information.)
Vi scriveste frequentemente, dopo quell’estate. (They frequently wrote to each other after that summer.)
Other reciprocal verbs are listed in the table below.
COMMON RECIPROCAL VERBS
abbracciarsi
to embrace each other (one another)
aiutarsi
to help each other (one another)
amarsi
to love each other (one another)
ammirarsi
to admire each other (one another)
baciarsi
to kiss each other (one another)
conoscersi
to know each other (also: to meet)
consolarsi
to comfort each other (one another)
incontrarsi
to meet (each other)
innamorarsi
to fall in love (with each other)
insultarsi
to insult each other (one another)
riconoscersi
to recognize each other (one another)
rispettarsi
to respect each other (one another)
rivedersi
to see each other again (one another)
salutarsi
to greet each other (one another)
scriversi
to write to each other (one another)
sposarsi
to get married (to each other)
vedersi
to see each other (one another)
visitarsi
to visit each other (one another)