{"id":178,"date":"2009-09-07T10:54:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T14:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=178"},"modified":"2016-08-23T21:30:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:30:33","slug":"pronomi-personali-indiretti-part-2-forme-atone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/pronomi-personali-indiretti-part-2-forme-atone\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronomi Personali Indiretti part 2: Forme Atone"},"content":{"rendered":"

In <\/span><\/span><\/span>part 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> of this article I introduced the <\/span><\/span><\/span>forme toniche<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (stressed forms) of the indirect personal pronouns; in this second part\u00a0we\u2019re going to have a look at the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>forme atone\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>or\u00a0\u2018unstressed forms\u2019,\u00a0which are less emphatic than the <\/span><\/span><\/span>forme toniche<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0In more technical terms, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>forme atone<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> have the grammatical function of\u00a0the <\/span><\/span><\/span>complemento di termine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> or dative. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is the complete list:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

ti <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to you, singular, informal)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

gli <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to him)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

ci <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to us)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

vi <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to you, plural)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

gli \/ loro <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(to them); in spoken Italian the form <\/span><\/span>gli<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is now commonly used also for the plural, instead of the more correct <\/span><\/span>loro<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Forme atone<\/span><\/span><\/strong> are more commonly used in everyday\u00a0language\u00a0than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forme toniche<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0preceded by the preposition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. Here are\u00a0two examples that illustrate\u00a0the difference between the two forms:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Forme atone:<\/span><\/span><\/em> gli<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> ho dato il libro <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(I gave\u00a0him the book). <\/span><\/span>Forme toniche:<\/span><\/span><\/em> ho dato il libro a <\/span><\/span><\/strong>lui<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (I gave the book to <\/span><\/span>him<\/u><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Forme atone:<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gianni:<\/span><\/span><\/em> Ti<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> assicuro che \u00e8 tutto vero!<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Luca:<\/span><\/span><\/em> Va bene, <\/span><\/span><\/strong>ti<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> credo<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (<\/span><\/span>Gianni: <\/span><\/span><\/em>I assure you that is all true! <\/span><\/span>Luca: <\/span><\/span><\/em>OK, I believe you). <\/span><\/span>Forme toniche:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Gianni:<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0A chi credi, a <\/span><\/span><\/strong>me<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> o a Bruno?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Luca:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>Va bene, credo a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>te<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (<\/span><\/span>Gianni:<\/span><\/span><\/em> Who do you believe, <\/span><\/span>me<\/u><\/span><\/span> or Bruno? <\/span><\/span>Luca:<\/span><\/span><\/em> OK, I believe to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you<\/u><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Because of its dative value, <\/span><\/span>la forma atona<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is normally used with the verb <\/span><\/span>piacere<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, e.g. <\/span><\/span>mi<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> piace il mare <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(I like the sea);\u00a0<\/span><\/span>le<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> piace la montagna <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(she likes the mountain). However, if\u00a0you need to emphasize the pronouns,\u00a0you should use the <\/span><\/span>forme toniche<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, for example: <\/span><\/span>a me<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> piace il mare, ma <\/span><\/span><\/strong>a lei<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> piace la montagna<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (<\/span><\/span>I<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/em> like the sea, but <\/span><\/span>she<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/em> likes the mountain). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Because of their lack of stress, <\/span><\/span>le forme atone<\/span><\/span><\/strong> normally\u00a0come immediately before the verb, but in\u00a0the following\u00a0cases they are joined\u00a0onto the end of the verb: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

after an infinitive: <\/span><\/span>siamo venuti per <\/span><\/span><\/strong>parlarvi<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (We have come <\/span><\/span>to talk to you<\/u><\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

after a gerundive: <\/span><\/span>non voglio offendere Giorgio<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dicendogli<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> questo <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(I don\u2019t want to offend Giorgio <\/span><\/span>by telling him<\/u><\/span><\/span> this)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

after the imperative: <\/span><\/span>non <\/span><\/span><\/strong>ditele<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> nulla <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(do not <\/span><\/span>tell her<\/u><\/span><\/span> anything); <\/span><\/span>parlami!<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/strong> (<\/span><\/span>talk to me!<\/u><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span><\/span>forme\u00a0atone\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>cannot be used in the following situations:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With\u00a0the prepositions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>di, da, in, con, su, per, tra \/ fra<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In comparisons after <\/span><\/span>come<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (like\/as) or <\/span><\/span>quanto <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(as much as), e.g. <\/span><\/span>A Gianna piace il gelato al cioccolato come a me <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Gianna likes chocolate ice cream like me)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After the conjunctions <\/span><\/span>anche <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(also, too), <\/span><\/span>neanche <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(not even, neither), <\/span><\/span>pure <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(even), and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neppure \/ nemmeno <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(not even), e.g. <\/span><\/span>Mario: <\/span><\/span><\/em>mi piace il mare. <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Luca: <\/span><\/span><\/em>Anche a me <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(<\/span><\/span>Mario:<\/span><\/span><\/em> I like the sea. <\/span><\/span>Luca:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>me too), <\/span><\/span>Mario: <\/span><\/span><\/em>Non mi ha dato il libro<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Luca: <\/span><\/span><\/em>Neanche a me <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(<\/span><\/span>Mario:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>He didn\u2019t give me the book. <\/span><\/span>Luca:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>He didn\u2019t give it\u00a0to <\/span><\/span>me<\/u><\/span><\/span> either).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In part 1 of this article I introduced the forme toniche (stressed forms) of the indirect personal pronouns; in this second part\u00a0we\u2019re going to have a look at the\u00a0forme atone\u00a0or\u00a0\u2018unstressed forms\u2019,\u00a0which are less emphatic than the forme toniche.\u00a0In more technical terms, the forme atone have the grammatical function of\u00a0the complemento di termine or dative. Here…<\/p>\n

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