61: Indirect Object Pronouns in Italian - The Ultimate Guide
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🗓️ 10 February 2019
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Gli, le, mi, ti... Those little words are everywhere in Italian! This lesson will help you understand what they mean and when to use them in conversation.
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Today's Italian words
Mi = to me/for me
Ti = to you/for you
Gli = to him/for him
Le = to her/for her
Ci = to us/for us
Vi = to you/for you (plural "you", when speaking to two or more people)
Gli = to them/for them
Do = I give
Questo = this
Ti = to you/for you
Ti do questo = I give this to you
Compro questo = I buy this
Ti compro questo = I buy this for you
Vi = To you/for you (plural - when speaking to two or more people)
Vi do questo = I give this to you (plural)
Vi compro questo = I buy this for you (plural)
Gli = to him/for him
Gli do questo = I give this to him
Gli compro questo = I buy this for him
Gli = to them/for them
Gli do questo = I give this to them
Gli compro questo = I buy this for them
Le = to her/for her
Le do questo = I give this to her
Le compro questo = I buy this for her
Mi = to me/for me
Mi fai questo = you do this to me
Perché mi fai questo?! = Why are you doing this to me?
Perché = why
Mi = to me
Fai = you do
Questo = this
Ci = to us/for us
Ci fai questo = you do this to us
Perché ci fai questo? = Why are you doing this to us?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Li, le, me, ti. |
| 0:04.0 | These little words are everywhere in Italian, and they can be a little bit tricky. |
| 0:09.0 | It's not always easy to know what they mean and how to use them. |
| 0:13.0 | Today's lesson will clear up the mystery so you can understand and use them yourself in conversation. |
| 0:19.0 | Find out more in episode 61 of Five Minutes Italian. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:38.1 | And then Matteo. |
| 0:39.0 | Ciao. |
| 0:39.8 | And today we're going to reopen a big can of worms and talk about indirect object pronouns in Italian. |
| 0:48.8 | Dun dun dun. |
| 0:50.5 | Wow. |
| 0:51.5 | So these are those confusing little words like me, tea and ye, |
| 1:00.2 | that you may have seen floating around, |
| 1:02.5 | and they can cause lots of problems when you're learning Italian |
| 1:06.2 | because it's sometimes tricky to know where they come from |
| 1:09.4 | and how to use them. |
| 1:12.2 | So in today's lesson, we're going to go through them really clearly, step by step, |
| 1:16.6 | so that by the end you'll be able to recognise them and use them yourself in conversation. |
| 1:22.4 | And remember, as always, if you want to see these words written down and get bonus materials like quizzes, |
| 1:34.1 | you can get notes for this episode at true of languages.com forward slash Italian podcast and scroll to episode 61. |
| 1:37.5 | Comincchamo. |
| 1:38.5 | Let's start. |
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