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Mi annoio a casa senza i miei amici.

Mi annoio a casa senza i miei amici.
I get bored at home without my friends.
From Lesson 71:Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Mi annoio a casa senza i miei amici.

Why is it mi annoio instead of just annoio?
The verb annoiare means "to bore" someone else. To say "I get bored" (literally, "I bore myself"), you have to use the reflexive form annoiarsi. The mi shows that the action reflects back onto you.
How would I change this sentence to the past tense ("I got bored")?
You would say mi sono annoiato (if you are a man) or mi sono annoiata (if you are a woman). Since this lesson covers the passato prossimo with reflexive verbs, remember that all reflexives use essere (to be) as the helper verb, and the past participle ending changes to match your gender.
Why don't we say alla casa for "at home"?
Just like in English, Italian drops the article for this specific phrase. You say a casa to mean "at home" or "to home". You would only use alla casa if you were talking about a specific house, like alla casa di Maria (at Maria's house).
Why is there an i in front of miei amici?
In Italian, you almost always need a definite article (like il, la, or i) before a possessive word. So "my friends" becomes i miei amici (literally "the my friends"). The main exception to this rule is when talking about singular family members.

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