#080: Direct and Indirect Object pronouns / Pronomi diretti e pronomi indiretti
Direct object pronouns (i pronomi diretti) and indirect object pronouns (i pronomi indiretti) are very similar with some differences. Consult the charts below:
Direct Object Pronouns
singolare
mi = me
ti = you
lo = him (also it, for masculine nouns)
la = her (also it, for feminine nouns)
La = you (formal)
plurale
ci = us
vi = you
li = them (m. plural)
le = them (f. plural)
Indirect Object Pronouns
When indirect objects are a person or thing (that is, anything but a pronoun), the preposition a must be used. For example: Did you phone Giovanna? / Hai telefonato a Giovanna? This is important to remember for verbs that take indirect objects!!
singolare
mi = me, to me
ti = you, to you
gli = him, to him
le = her, to her
Le = you, to you (formal)
plurale
ci = us, to us
vi = you, to you
gli (loro) = them, to them (m. or f.)
REMEMBER: When direct and indirect objects are used together, the game changes! See this post for more on double object pronouns.
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thank you for explaining all this so clearly.i’m taking italian as a foreign language in collage n i was confused about pronomi diretti/indiretti and ur blogs helped me a lot.thank u for ur help.
Thank you for your comment! I am glad to be of help. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to post a comment, and it will get answered.
For more help on object pronouns, see also this post.
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