Learning Italian

Object Pronouns

Direct and Indirect

Object pronouns stand in for the noun objects of verbs.

Direct Objects                      Indirect Objects

mi     me                                  mi       me                                 

ti       you                                   ti       to you                               

lo      him/it                              gli       to him                                 

la      her, it                               le       to her                                 

La     you                                  Le      to you                                 

ci      us                                    ci       to us                                 

vi      you                                  vi       to you                                 

li/le   them                               gli      to them 

So for example to say that you’re going to see somebody tomorrow (vedere qualcuno domani), rather than use their name you could use the direct object pronouns and say:

Lo vedo domani (I’m seeing/ I’ll see him tomorrow)

La vedo domani (I’m seeing/ I’ll see her tomorrow)

Li vedo domani (I’m seeing/ I’ll see them (m) tomorrow)

Le vedo domani (I’m seeing/ I’ll see them (f) tomorrow)

La vedo domani (I’m seeing/ I’ll see you (polite) tomorrow)  

     You can use the indirect object when talking about writing to somebody. In Italian you would say scrivere a qualcuno.

mi scrivi? (will you write to me?)

ti scrivo (I’ll write to you)

gli scrivo (I’ll write to him/them)

Le scrivo (I’ll write to you (polite))

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