{"id":2933,"date":"2013-02-08T10:31:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T10:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2013-02-09T11:02:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T11:02:19","slug":"pronomi-combinati-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/pronomi-combinati-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronomi Combinati – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Part 1<\/font><\/strong><\/a> of this blog we looked at the ways in which personal pronouns are combined together when they precede a verb. Today I\u2019m going to look at how and when to use the combined pronouns after a verb.<\/p>\n

All the following cases have two main changes in common: 1. the fact that the combined pronouns are joined together to make one word, and 2. that they are directly attached to the verb. Let\u2019s look at some practical examples. As in part 1, I\u2019ve highlighted the indirect object and the reflexive pronouns in red<\/font>, and the direct object pronouns in blue<\/font>:<\/p>\n

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1. After an infinitive:<\/font><\/p>\n

Durante la passeggiata abbiamo incontrato un cagnolino cos\u00ec bello, che ci \u00e8 venuta la voglia di portarce<\/font>lo<\/font> a casa<\/strong> (during the walk we met such a beautiful puppy, that we felt like taking it home)<\/p>\n

Mario:<\/em> A Lucia per il suo compleanno ho regalato l\u2019ultimo CD di Giorgia.<\/strong> Marco:<\/em> Peccato, volevo regalarglie<\/font>lo<\/font> io<\/strong> (Mario:<\/em> I gave Lucia the latest CD by Giorgia for her birthday. Marco:<\/em> What a pity, I wanted to give it to her myself)<\/p>\n

I tuoi capelli sono troppo lunghi, dovresti tagliarte<\/font>li<\/font><\/strong> <\/font>(Your hair is too long, you should have it cut)<\/p>\n

N.B. <\/strong>In modern Italian, when the infinitive is preceded by the verbs volere<\/strong> (want), dovere<\/strong> (must, have to), or potere<\/strong> (be able to), it\u2019s common to put the combined pronouns before the verb:<\/p>\n

instead of Peccato, volevo regalarglie<\/font>lo<\/font> io <\/strong>(What a pity, I wanted to give it to her myself), we can say Peccato, glie<\/font>lo<\/font> volevo regalare io<\/strong><\/p>\n

instead of dovresti tagliarte<\/font>li<\/font> <\/strong>(you should have it cut), we can say te<\/font> li<\/font> dovresti tagliare.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2. After a <\/font>gerund<\/font><\/strong><\/a> (-ing ending):<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cEcco la bottiglia d\u2019acqua\u201d disse Luca porgendoglie<\/font>la<\/font><\/strong> (\u201cHere\u2019s the water bottle\u201d said Luca handing it over to her\/him)<\/p>\n

Raccontandote<\/font>lo<\/font> mi sono liberata di un peso<\/strong> (By telling you about it I got it off my chest)<\/p>\n

N.B.<\/strong> When the gerund is part of the present or past continuous the personal pronouns cannot be attached to the end but must instead precede the verb:<\/p>\n

la bottiglia mi \u00e8 caduta di mano mentre glie<\/font>la<\/font> stavo porgendo<\/strong> (the bottle fell from my hand while I was passing it to her\/him)<\/p>\n

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3. After an imperative:<\/font><\/p>\n

Fa molto freddo, va\u2019 a prendere il cappello e mettite<\/font>lo<\/font><\/strong> (It\u2019s very cold, go and get your hat and put it on)<\/p>\n

Ecco le chiavi, ridateme<\/font>le<\/font> non appena avete finito<\/strong> (here are the keys, give them back to me as soon as you have finished with them)<\/p>\n

N.B.<\/strong> There\u2019s a group of verbs that in the second person singular of the imperative are monosyllabic, i.e. da\u2019<\/strong> (give, from \u2018dare\u2019 = to give), di\u2019<\/strong> (say, from \u2018dire\u2019 = to say), fa\u2019<\/strong> (do\/make, from \u2018fare\u2019 = to do or to make), sta\u2019<\/strong> (stay, from \u2018stare\u2019 = to stay), va\u2019<\/strong> (go, from \u2018andare\u2019 = to go). When the personal pronouns are joined to the end of these imperatives, the first letter of the pronoun is doubled, except for the pronoun \u2018gli\u2019<\/strong> (to her \/ him) e.g.:<\/p>\n

Mi serve la tua penna, damme<\/font>la <\/font>un attimo<\/strong> (I need your pen, give it to me a moment)<\/p>\n

Dai, facce<\/font>lo <\/font>vedere! <\/strong>(Come on, let us see it!)<\/p>\n

Vatte<\/font>ne<\/font> subito!<\/strong> (Go immediately away!) (From the emphatic form \u2018andarsene\u2019<\/strong> = to go away)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Part 1 of this blog we looked at the ways in which personal pronouns are combined together when they precede a verb. Today I\u2019m going to look at how and when to use the combined pronouns after a verb. All the following cases have two main changes in common: 1. the fact that the…<\/p>\n

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