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Why is it "lei si è lavata le mani" and not "lei si è lavato le mani"?

In an analogous French construction, the past participle would remain in its base form (Elle s'est lavé les mains), since the subject (elle) is the indirect object of the action, and since the direct ...
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Agreement of past participle of verb after direct object pronouns in 1st/2nd person

I am aware that the past participle of a verb which comes after a direct object pronoun in 3rd person must agree in gender and number with the pronoun. Is the same obligatory for 1st/2nd persons ...
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A question about using Ne with passato prossimo

In the sentence "Quanta cioccolata avete mangiato?" The answer will be "Ne abbiamo mangiate poca" or "Ne abbiamo mangiata poca"? Does mangiare get an E because of Ne or does it get an A because ...
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Participio passato dei verbi procomplementari in -sela, -sele, -selo

I have several questions regarding the verbs such as tirarsela, cavarsela, vignarsela; darsele, suonarsele; and scordarselo, which are the so-called verbi procomplementari: Do all of such verbs have ...
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