Tag Archives: Italian indirect personal pronouns
A Bit More About Indirect Personal Pronouns Posted by Geoff on Apr 30, 2018
In my last blog we explored the basic functionality of pronomi personali indiretti. Today we’re going to see how the forme atone combine themselves with other pronouns or verbs. Let’s begin by revising the forme atone: mi = to me ti = to you (singular) gli = to him le = to her ci =…
Getting Stressed About Pronouns? Posted by Serena on Feb 17, 2017
Ti piace la lingua italiana? Ti interessa la nostra cultura? A me sono sempre piaciute le lingue straniere, e mi fa piacere spiegare a voi come funziona la grammatica italiana. Do you like the Italian language? Are you interested in our culture? I have always liked foreign languages, and I enjoy explaining to you how…
Communicate Posted by Serena on Aug 24, 2016
Here’s a group of verbs appertaining to communication. They’re fairly straightforward in themselves, but what can be confusing is the fact that most of them use the preposition ‘a‘ (to) or ‘con‘ (with), even when they don’t in English. A small group, however, don’t use a preposition. Remember: when the preposition ‘a‘ is followed by…
Pronomi Personali Indiretti part 2: Forme Atone Posted by Serena on Sep 7, 2009
In part 1 of this article I introduced the forme toniche (stressed forms) of the indirect personal pronouns; in this second part we’re going to have a look at the forme atone or ‘unstressed forms’, which are less emphatic than the forme toniche. In more technical terms, the forme atone have the grammatical function of the complemento di termine or dative. Here…
Pronomi Personali Indiretti Part 1: Forme Toniche Posted by Serena on Sep 4, 2009
The topic of pronomi personali indiretti (indirect personal pronouns) is a fairly large one, so I am splitting it into two separate blogs, each dealing with one of the two forms which you will encounter. At the end of part two I will explain how to work out when to use each form. Il pronome personale indiretto is used…