Reciti

Reciti is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Italian verb recitare, meaning to recite or to perform aloud. It is used when addressing someone directly with the action of reciting.

Recitare is a regular -are verb. In the present indicative its standard forms are: io recito, tu reciti, lui/lei recita, noi recitiamo, voi recitate, loro recitano. The same verb also appears in the present subjunctive, where forms include che io reciti, che tu reciti, che lui reciti, che noi recitiamo, che voi recitiate, che loro recitino. The form reciti thus appears both as a direct statement of what you recite and as part of subjunctive clauses such as "Spero che tu reciti bene" (I hope that you recite well).

Usage examples include a direct statement like "Tu reciti una poesia" (You recite a poem) and a subordinate clause in a wish or doubt, for instance "È importante che tu reciti domani" (It is important that you recite tomorrow). In everyday Italian, the explicit subject pronoun is often omitted, with verb endings signaling the person and number.

Relation to related terms: recitare broadly covers reciting, performing lines in a play, or delivering a text aloud. The form reciti is one of several inflected forms that allow Italian verbs to express person, number, mood, and tense within a sentence.