Treedom: già 1 milione di alberi piantati grazie alla app italiana

SI impersonale
Impesonal SI

“Con Treedom si può aiutare l’ambiente”
(With Treedom, one can help the environment)

The pronoun “si” is an impersonal pronoun used in Italian to express a general or indefinite subject, often in statements of a general truth or a possibility. 

In the sentence above, “si” is used to express the possibility of helping the environment with Treedom, without specifying who is doing the helping.

The impersonal pronoun “si” in Italian can be translated into English in different ways, depending on the context of the sentence. It can be translated as “one”, “you”, “they”, “we”, or as a passive construction, among other possibilities.

For example:

• Si parla italiano in Italia. (Italian is spoken in Italy.) – passive construction
• Si può fare di meglio. (One can do better.) – indefinite subject
• Qui si mangia bene. (You eat well here.) – impersonal “you”
• In questa città si lavora molto. (They work a lot in this city.) – impersonal “they”