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### More Pronominal Verbs: "Sentirsela" and "Prendersela"

Pronominal verbs ending in **-sela** add a native flair to your Italian. Here, we'll focus on two essential verbs: **sentirsela** (to feel up to) and **prendersela** (to take offense).

### The Verb "Sentirsela"

Like *cavarsela*, **sentirsela** combines the root **sentire**, a reflexive pronoun (*me, te, se, ce, ve, se*), and the fixed pronoun **la**. 

To conjugate it, adjust the pronoun and conjugate *sentire* as normal:

| Subject | Pronouns + Verb |
| --- | --- |
| io | me la sento |
| tu | te la senti |
| lui/lei/Lei | se la sente |
| noi | ce la sentiamo |
| voi | ve la sentite |
| loro | se la sentono |

To specify *what* you feel up to doing, follow the conjugated verb with **di** + infinitive.

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### Competitive Sports Vocabulary

We'll practice these verbs in the context of a sports tournament (**il torneo**), alongside verbs like **sconfiggere** (to defeat) and **pareggiare** (to draw/tie).

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### The Verb "Prendersela"

**Prendersela** (to take offense or get mad) follows the exact same pronoun pattern, just with the root verb **prendere**.

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### Past Tense and Other Moods

In the *passato prossimo*, these verbs take the auxiliary **essere**. Because the fixed pronoun **la** acts as a direct object, the past participle **always ends in -a** (*sentita*, *presa*). 

Before forms of *essere* starting with a vowel (like *è*), *la* drops its vowel to form an apostrophe (e.g., *se l'è presa*).

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These verbs function smoothly across all other tenses and moods, including the *imperfetto* and the subjunctive.

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Taking offense and feeling up to it (prendersela, sentirsela)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Subject pronouns and the verb to be (io sono)

Singular definite articles (il, la)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Question	Answer
the captain	il capitano
injured	infortunato
to feel up to	sentirsela
The captain is injured and does not feel up to playing.	Il capitano è infortunato e non se la sente di giocare.
the tournament	il torneo
to draw (a game, tie)	pareggiare
to defeat	sconfiggere
In this tournament we cannot draw, one must defeat everyone.	In questo torneo non possiamo pareggiare, bisogna sconfiggere tutti.
to take offense	prendersela
If they defeat us in the tournament, I won't take offense.	Se ci sconfiggono nel torneo, non me la prendo.
the coach	l'allenatore
the fan	il tifoso
The coach and the fans are sad because you are injured.	L'allenatore e i tifosi sono tristi perché sei infortunato.
The fans won't take offense at all if we draw.	I tifosi non se la prendono mica se pareggiamo.
the final	la finale
Will the captain take offense if we lose the final?	Il capitano se la prende se perdiamo la finale?
The coach took offense because we drew.	L'allenatore se l'è presa perché abbiamo pareggiato.
My brother did not feel up to finishing the tournament.	Mio fratello non se l'è sentita di finire il torneo.
I didn't feel up to playing because I was injured, but he took offense.	Non me la sentivo di giocare perché ero infortunato, ma lui se l'è presa.
The coach said that it's necessary to play the final, if you feel up to it.	L'allenatore ha detto che bisogna giocare la finale, se te la senti.
The fans believed that we would not draw the final.	I tifosi credevano che non avremmo pareggiato la finale.
If the captain felt up to it, we would defeat the other team.	Se il capitano se la sentisse, sconfiggeremmo l'altra squadra.

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