Italian Direct Object Pronouns PDF

Punto di partenza A direct object receives the action of a verb directly and answers the question what? or whom? Direct objects generally follow the verb. SUBJECT VERB DIRECT OBJECT Gli studenti...

Punto di partenza A direct object receives the action of a verb directly and answers the question what? or whom? Direct objects generally follow the verb. SUBJECT VERB DIRECT OBJECT Gli studenti hanno mangiato una pizza. The students ate a pizza. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-1  Direct object pronouns replace direct object nouns. DIRECT OBJECT NOUN DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN Compri le pere? Le compri? Are you buying the pears? Are you buying them? Non conosciamo il macellaio. Non lo conosciamo. We don’t know the butcher. We don’t know him. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-2  These are the forms of the direct object pronouns in Italian. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-3  Place the direct object pronoun immediately before a conjugated verb. Non ti vedo mai al mercato. Arturo mi saluta sempre. I never see you at the market. Arturo always greets me. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-4  In two-verb constructions with an infinitive, drop the final -e and attach the pronoun to the end of the infinitive. Ecco le vongole! Hai voglia I funghi? Non mi piace di mangiarle? comprarli. Here are the clams! Do you feel like Mushrooms? I don’t like to eating them? buy them. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-5  In two-verb constructions with dovere, potere, or volere, place the pronoun before the conjugated verb or attach it to the infinitive. Ho dimenticato le fragole. Le devi comprare!/Devi comprarle! I forgot the strawberries. You have to buy them! © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-6  In sentences with the passato prossimo, place the direct object pronoun directly before the conjugated form of avere. Direct object pronouns are not used with verbs that take essere. Vi abbiamo chiamato molte volte. Mariella mi ha visto al negozio Non ci avete sentito? di alimentari. We called you many times. Didn’t Mariella saw me at the you hear us? grocery store. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-7  When the direct object pronouns lo, la, li, and le precede a verb in the passato prossimo, the past participle must agree with the pronoun in gender and number. Le pesche? I bambini le hanno mangiate. The peaches? The kids ate them. Ecco i carciofi. Li ho comprati ieri. Here are the artichokes. I bought them yesterday. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-8  Lo and la can be shortened to l’ before verbs beginning with a vowel sound, including avere forms that begin with h. Do not shorten the plural pronouns li and le. Chi è quella signora? L’ho vista in salumeria l’altro ieri. Who is that lady? I saw her at the deli the day before yesterday. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-9  To call attention to a person or object, attach the direct object pronoun to the end of ecco. Dov’è la crostata...? Eccola! Mamma, eccomi qua! Where is the pie... ? Here it is! Mom, here I am! © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-10  The disjunctive pronouns you learned in Lezione 4A can be used instead of direct object pronouns to add emphasis. Always place disjunctive pronouns after the verb. Non vedo lui, ma vedo lei. Conosce me? I don’t see him, but I see her. He knows me? © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-11  Scegli il pronome diretto corretto per completare ogni risposta. 1. Compri le pere al supermercato? Sì, (le / li) compro al supermercato. 2. Bevi il caffè tutti i giorni? Sì, (le / lo) bevo tutti i giorni. 3. Dove compri le cipolle e i funghi? (Le / Li) compro al mercato. 4. Compri la marmellata al supermercato? Sì, (li / la) compro al supermercato. 5. Mangiate lo yogurt tutti i giorni? Sì, (la / lo) mangiamo tutti i giorni. 6. Usi spesso le vongole sulla pasta? Sì, (li / le) uso spesso. 7. Conosci quella pasticceria? Sì, (la / le) conosco. 8. Compri qui il pane? Sì, (lo / li) compro qui. © 2016 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 5A.2-12