Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for bend over is chinarsi
The Italian verb for bend over is the reflexive -ARE verb chinarsi.... imagine a mother BENDS OVER her KIN!
Chinarsi can also mean: to bow, to bend down, to lean over, to stoop (lean forward). Related words include:
- chinare (il capo) (v) : to bend; to hang/bow (one's head).
- inchinarsi (vr ): to curtsy. / chino (adj) : bowed, bent. / la china (nf) : slope.
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (mi, ti, si, ci, vi, si). Reflexive verbs also take essere in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine a mother bends over her KIN!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente bend over |
chino | chini | china | chiniamo | chinate | chinano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto bent over |
chinavo | chinavi | chinava | chinavamo | chinavate | chinavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto bent over |
chinai | chinasti | chinò | chinammo | chinaste | chinarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will bend over |
chinerò | chinerai | chinerà | chineremo | chinerete | chineranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would bend over |
chinerei | chineresti | chinerebbe | chineremmo | chinereste | chinerebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may bend over |
chini | chini | chini | chiniamo | chiniate | chinino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have bent over |
sono chinato/a | sei chinato/a | è chinato/a | siamo chinati/e | siete chinati/e | sono chinati/e |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had bent over |
ero chinato/a | eri chinato/a | era chinato/a | eravamo chinati/e | eravate chinati/e | erano chinati/e |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have bent over |
sarò chinato/a | sarai chinato/a | sarà chinato/a | saremo chinati/e | sarete chinati/e | saranno chinati/e |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have bent over |
sarei chinato/a | saresti chinato/a | sarebbe chinato/a | saremmo chinati/e | sareste chinati/e | sarebbero chinati/e |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have bent over |
sia chinato/a | sia chinato/a | sia chinato/a | siamo chinati/e | siate chinati/e | siano chinati/e |
| Imperative Imperativo bend over! |
chinati! non chinarti |
(non) si chini! | (non) chiniamoci! | (non) chinatevi! | (non) si chinino! | |
✔ Chinarsi is a regular, reflexive -ARE verb.
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