Tag Archives: Italian personal pronouns
‘Ci’ Posted by Geoff on Aug 27, 2018
Like an elusive butterfly, she flutters from sentence to sentence. Just when we think we can grasp her, with a swift beat of tiny wings, ‘ci‘ flies out of reach, only to alight somewhere else totally unexpected. Luckily, I have a special grammatical butterfly net. Let’s capture her and take a closer look at her…
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…
July’s Grammar Clinic Posted by Serena on Jul 4, 2014
Your feedback and questions are very important to us, as they really help us to focus on your needs. Sometimes readers have questions about particular aspect of Italian grammar that we feel it would be useful to share with everyone. Here are three important ones: Question 1. From Robin: I have another “reader’s question” and…
Pronomi Combinati–Part 1 Posted by Serena on Feb 4, 2013
Personal pronouns are always a confusing subject to master for students of Italian, so today I’m going to look at the combined personal pronouns using practical examples. The combined pronouns normally precede the verb in the following order: first comes the unstressed form of the indirect personal pronouns (mi, ti, gli, ci, vi), or the…