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ITALIAN VERB

offendersi

to take offence

  • #370 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: offeso
  • Gerund: offendendosi

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I take offence
  2. tu you take offence
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she takes offence
  4. noi we take offence
  5. voi you all take offence
  6. loro they take offence

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I took offence
  2. tu you took offence
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she took offence
  4. noi we took offence
  5. voi you all took offence
  6. loro they took offence

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to take offence
  2. tu you used to take offence
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to take offence
  4. noi we used to take offence
  5. voi you all used to take offence
  6. loro they used to take offence

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will take offence
  2. tu you will take offence
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will take offence
  4. noi we will take offence
  5. voi you all will take offence
  6. loro they will take offence

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would take offence
  2. tu you would take offence
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would take offence
  4. noi we would take offence
  5. voi you all would take offence
  6. loro they would take offence

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I take offence
  2. tu (that) you take offence
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she take offence
  4. noi (that) we take offence
  5. voi (that) you all take offence
  6. loro (that) they take offence

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu take offence!
  2. Lei take offence! (formal)
  3. noi take offence! (let’s)
  4. voi take offence! (all of you)

How to use offendersi

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Marco si offende per ogni piccola critica.

    Marco takes offence at every little criticism.

  2. Past

    Mia sorella si è offesa perché non l'ho chiamata.

    My sister took offence because I didn't call her.

  3. Imperfect

    Da giovane mi offendevo per niente.

    When I was young, I took offence at nothing.

  4. Future

    Se glielo dici così, si offenderà di sicuro.

    If you tell him like that, he'll definitely take offence.

  5. Conditional

    Non mi offenderei se cambiassi idea.

    I wouldn't take offence if you changed your mind.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che non si offenda per il mio ritardo.

    I hope he doesn't take offence at my being late.

  7. Imperative

    Non vi offendete, era solo uno scherzo.

    Don't take offence, it was only a joke.

Good to know

  • Offendersi per qualcosa is to take offence at something; non ti offendere, no offence.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ere verb.