How do you conjugate reciprocal verbs when the subject is a collective singular noun?

Question

When conjugating reciprocal verbs like **baciarsi** and **abbracciarsi** when the subject is a collective singular noun. Do you use a reflexive pronoun or leave it out?Reciprocal verbs have a sense that you are doing something to **each other** and in English they are best translated as such. **They kissed each other**, **they hugged each other**, etc. In addition logically, they must also be plural.What do you do with collective nouns like **la famiglia** or **la coppia**? When you conjugate these, they are singular and can't be translated **the family hugged each other.**Would it be best to render the following example of **the couple hugged each other** as **la coppia si è abbracciata** (with a reflexive sense) or **la coppia ha abbracciato**?

Answer 1

Ciao!

We would say ''la coppia si abbraccia'' at the present and ''la coppia si è abbracciata'' at the past.

Collective substantives like ''la gente'' , ''la coppia'', ''la famiglia'' are grammatically singular, so all the words (verbs, adjectives, articles) related to them need to be singular as well.

I hope this was helpful!

Answer 2

plural. E.G. "Le due squadre si sono battute fino all'ultimo minuto di gioco" (the two teams struggled until last minute of the game)