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Sentieri 5A.2 - Pronomi oggetto diretto (Direct Object Pronouns)	Signora Manfredini
York Community High School	Italian Teacher
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Preceeding direct pronouns

(NON STRESSED) DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS:

WHAT IS A DIRECT OBJECT? A direct object receives the action of a verb directly and answers the questions what? or whom? Direct objects generally follow the verb. Observe the following:

SUBJECT	VERB	DIRECT OBJECT
*Gli studenti*	hanno mangiato	una pizza
The students	ate	a pizza

WHAT DOES A DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN DO? - Direct Object pronouns replace direct objects

DIRECT OBJECT NOUN	>	DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN
*Compri le pere?*	>	Le compri
Are you buying the pears?	>	Are you buying them?

WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? - These are the forms of the direct object pronouns in Italian.

WHERE DO THEY GO IN A SENTENCE? - They are placed immediately before the verb or the auxiliary/helping verb in the compound tenses (passato prossimo, etc.).
They are attached to the end of an infinitive to form one word. (N.B. the final -e of the infinitive is dropped), e.g. volevo comprarla = I wanted to buy it.
They are always attached to the word ecco, e.g. eccola! = Here she is!
The pronouns lo and la are often shortened to l'.

Object Pronouns

Subject		Direct		Stressed Objects & of Prepositions
io	I	mi	me	me	me
tu	you (s.i.)	ti	you	te	you
lui	he/it	lo	him/it	lui	him/it
lei	she/it/you (s.p.)	la	her/it/you	lei	her/it/you
noi	we	ci	us	noi	us
voi	you (p.i.)	vi	you	voi	you
loro	they/you (p.p.)	li/le	them/you	loro	them/you

S.i. means singular informal, s.p. means singular polite, p.i. means plural informal, and p.p. means plural polite. For you (s.p.) and you (p.p.) they are capitalized to set them apart from the other meaning. (Lei instead of lei and Loro instead of loro.)

Direct and Indirect pronouns go directly in front of the verb, except loro, which always follows the verb.

With infinitives or participles, the pronoun (except loro) follows it and is written as one word. This also is true of commands, except for Lei or Loro.

When you have more than one pronoun, the indirect comes before the direct.

The i of mi, ti, ci, and vi changes to an e before lo, la, li and le.

Gli and le become glie before lo, la, li, and le; and are written as one word connected with the other pronoun (glielo, gliela, glieli, gliele).

If you use lo, la, li, le; the past participle must agree with them.