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Ejercicio This That These Those Ingles
Ejercicio This That These Those Ingles
Questions
Direct Object Pronouns
A. You and Gabriele are totally different. Complete the following statements about you and
him with the appropriate pronomi diretti in the blanks.
B. Answer the following questions, as in the example. Substitute the appropriate pronouns
for the words in italics.
EXAMPLE: Io preferisco la cucina italiana, e Franco? — Anche lui la preferisce.
1. Io ricordo le date, e la signora?
2. Voi fate colazione, e Francesca?
3. Tu leggi il giornale dell’università, e le ragazze?
4. Noi mangiamo gli spaghetti, e gli altri?
5. Io lascio le chiavi in macchina, e Maurizio?
6. Voi odiate i dolci, e il signor Perella?
C. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the direct object pronoun.
1. La signora non è venuta in ufficio oggi: non possiamo veder_____.
2. Il dottore è in vacanza: non puoi veder_____.
3. Il libro è arrivato? Posso veder_____.
4. I bambini sono già a letto, ma puoi veder_____.
5. Le ragazze sono andate in biblioteca: non potete veder_____.
6. Signorina, è libera domani? Posso veder_____?
7. Professore, è libero domani? Posso veder_____?
8. Siamo liberi stasera: potete veder_____ dopo cena.
Questions
Indirect Object Pronouns
A. Guido considers himself very original. Everything he does is different from what other
people do. Complete the following statements with the appropriate pronomi indiretti in the
blanks.
The nouns boys and books are direct objects. They answer the question what? or whom?
Verbs that take a direct object are called transitive verbs. Verbs that do not take a direct
object (she walks, I sleep) are intransitive.
In Italian the forms of the direct object pronouns (i pronomi diretti) are as follows:
SINGULAR PLURAL
mi me ci us
ti you (informal) vi you (informal)
La you (formal m. and f.) Li you (form., m.)
Le you (form., f.)
lo him, it li them (m. and f.)
la her, it le them (f.)
In a negative sentence, the word non must come before the object pronoun.
The object pronoun is attached to the end of an infinitive. Note that the final –e of the
infinitive is dropped.
It is possible, but not necessary, to elide singular direct object pronouns in front of verbs
that begin with a vowel or forms of avere that begin with an h. However, the plural forms li
and le are never elided.
M’ama, non m’ama. (Mi ama, non mi ama.). (He loves me, he loves me not.)
Il passaporto? Loro non l’hanno (lo hanno). (The passport? They don’t have it.)
A few Italian verbs that take a direct object, such as ascoltare, aspettare, cercare, and
guardare, correspond to English verbs that are used with prepositions (to listen to to wait
for, to look for, to look at).
Object pronouns are attached to ecco to express here I am, here you are, here he is, and
so on.
Dov’è la signorina? – Eccola! (Where is the young woman? – Here she is!)
Hai trovato le chiavi? – Sì, eccole! (Have you found the keys? – Yes, here they are!)
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Indirect object nouns and pronouns (i pronomi indiretti) answer the question to
whom? or for whom? In English, the word "to" is sometimes omitted:
Indirect object pronouns replace indirect object nouns. They are identical in form to direct
object pronouns, except for the third-person forms gli, le, and loro. For all the forms, see
below.
All indirect object pronouns except loro and Loro precede a conjugated verb, just like the
direct object pronouns (loro and Loro follow the verb):
Similarly, indirect object pronouns attach to infinitives, which lose their final -e:
If the infinitive is preceded by a conjugated form of dovere, potere, or volere, the indirect
object pronoun may also precede the conjugated verb:
Also note that le and gli are never elided before a verb beginning with a vowel or an h:
The table below provides a few common Italian verbs that are often used with indirect object
nouns or pronouns.