{"id":177,"date":"2009-09-04T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=177"},"modified":"2016-08-23T21:34:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:34:17","slug":"pronomi-personali-indiretti-part-1-forme-toniche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/pronomi-personali-indiretti-part-1-forme-toniche\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronomi Personali Indiretti Part 1: Forme Toniche"},"content":{"rendered":"

The topic of <\/span><\/span><\/span>pronomi personali indiretti<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (indirect personal pronouns) is a fairly large one, so I am splitting it\u00a0into 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\u00a0work out\u00a0when to use each form.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Il pronome personale indiretto<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is used when the personal pronoun is not doing the action, i.e. it is not the grammatical subject of the sentence, but is the indirect receiver of the action.\u00a0As an\u00a0indirect receiver, the pronoun is preceded by one of the following prepositions: <\/span><\/span>a, di, da, in, con, su, per, tra, fra <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(\u2018tra\u2019 and \u2018fra\u2019 are two alternative spellings of the same preposition). As I have mentioned above, there are two different forms of <\/span><\/span>pronome personale indiretto<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>forme toniche<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, which has a wider usage, and\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>forme atone<\/span><\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0and in this article I will be concentrating on the former. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Forme <\/span><\/span><\/strong>toniche<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (lit: accented forms) often come after the verb, and are stressed, helping to give them more emphasis in the sentence. Here is\u00a0a list of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forme <\/span><\/span><\/strong>toniche<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> preceded by <\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (to) which is the most commonly used preposition: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a me <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to me); <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a te <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to you, singular, informal); <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a lui <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to him); <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a lei <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to her \/ to you, singular, formal); <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a noi <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to us); <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a voi <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to you, plural); <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a loro<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (to them). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s have a look at a few examples of how we use them: <\/span><\/span>Giovanna, vieni con <\/span><\/span><\/strong>me<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> al mercato? <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Giovanna, are you coming to the market with <\/span><\/span>me<\/u><\/span><\/span>?); <\/span><\/span>ho comprato questo regalo per <\/span><\/span><\/strong>voi<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (I bought this present for <\/span><\/span>you<\/u><\/span><\/span>); <\/span><\/span>ho dato il libro a <\/span><\/span><\/strong>loro<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (I gave the book to <\/span><\/span>them<\/u><\/span><\/span>); <\/span><\/span>il direttore ha fiducia in <\/span><\/span><\/strong>te<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (the manager has confidence in <\/span><\/span>you<\/u><\/span><\/span>); <\/span><\/span>Maria: <\/span><\/span><\/em>Giorgio, hai visto i nonni recentemente? <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Giorgio: <\/span><\/span><\/em>No, vado da <\/span><\/span><\/strong>loro<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> oggi pomeriggio <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(<\/span><\/span>Maria: <\/span><\/span><\/em>Giorgio, have you seen our grandparents recently? <\/span><\/span>Giorgio:<\/span><\/span><\/em> No, I\u2019m going to <\/span><\/span>them<\/u><\/span><\/span> [<\/span><\/span>to see them<\/span><\/span><\/em>] this afternoon).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, \u2018<\/span><\/span>le forme toniche<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2019\u00a0are used without any preposition in idiomatic exclamations such as <\/span><\/span>Beato <\/span><\/span><\/strong>te<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong>! <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(lucky you!); <\/span><\/span>povero <\/span><\/span><\/strong>me<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong>! <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(poor me!); <\/span><\/span>contento <\/span><\/span><\/strong>lui<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong>, contenti tutti! <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(If he is happy, everybody is happy!).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In my next post I’ll be looking at Forme Atone<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The topic of pronomi personali indiretti (indirect personal pronouns) is a fairly large one, so I am splitting it\u00a0into 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\u00a0work out\u00a0when to use each form.\u00a0\u00a0 Il pronome personale indiretto\u00a0is used…<\/p>\n

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