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