At the end of my previous article ‘Tricky little words: ‘Ne’’ I promised you a list of common verbs that are normally followed by the preposition di, and which can be substituted by the particella pronominale ‘ne’. Several of the verbs in this list are reflexive, therefore when using the ‘ne’ the reflexive pronoun goes first and should be changed to me (myself), te (yourself, friendly) se (himself, herself, yourself polite), ce (ourselves), ve (yourselves), se (themselves), e.g. Laura: Hai comprato il latte? Bruno: Scusa, me ne sono dimenticato (Laura: Have you bought the milk? Bruno: Sorry, I forgot it). Those of you who use the ‘byki’ software can use the following to make a ‘byki list’.
Accorgersi di – to notice
Avere bisogno di – to need
Avere paura di – to be afraid of
Dimenticarsi di – to forget
Innamorarsi di – to fall in love with
Interessarsi di – to be interested in
Lamentarsi di – to complain about
Occuparsi di – to deal with / to look after
Pentirsi di – to regret
Preoccuparsi di – to worry about
Rendersi conto di – to realize
Ricordarsi di – to remember
Ridere di – to laugh at
Soffrire di – to suffer from
Stancarsi di – to be tired of
Stufarsi di – to be fed up with
Vantarsi di – to boast about
Vergognarsi di – to be ashamed of
