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Home > 5 Minute Italian > #53: Direct object pronouns in Italian: Mi, Ti, Lo, La, Ci, Vi, Li, Le.
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#53: Direct object pronouns in Italian: Mi, Ti, Lo, La, Ci, Vi, Li, Le.
Category: Education
Duration: 00:09:54
Publish Date: 2018-09-09 18:25:23
Description: I love you. The "ti" in ti amo is probably the most romantic example of a direct object pronoun. But in today's episode, we're exploring the darker side of love. Those little annoying habits we (Matteo and Katie) have that drive each other mad. Find out what they are and learn how to use direct object pronouns in this week's episode: Get a handy table with direct object pronouns + other bonus materials for this episode: joyoflanguages.com/direct-object-pronouns-italian-mi-ti-lo-la-ci-vi-li-le-2 Practice your Italian with us by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5.minute.italian/ Today's Italian words and phrases Ti do fastidio a volte? = do I annoy you at times? Ti = You Do = I give Fastidio = annoyance A volte = sometimes Certo! = of course! Quando? = when? Quando ti chiamo ma non rispondi mai = when I call you but you never answer. Quando = when Ti = you Chiamo = I call Ma = but Non = not Rispondi = respond/answer Mai = never E io? = And me? Ti do fastidio a volte? = Do I annoy you sometimes? Certo! Per esempio quando qualcuno ci invita a fare qualcosa ma non vuoi andare perchè ti senti un po’ pigro. = Of course, when someone invites us to do something but you don’t want to go because you feel a bit lazy. certo = of course per esempio = for example quando = when qualcuno = someone ci = us invita = invites a fare = to do qualcosa = something ma = but non vuoi = you don’t want andare = to go perchè = because ti senti = you feel un po’ = a bit pigro = lazy Mi = me Mi chiami = you call me Lo = him Lo chiamo = I call him La = her La chiamo = I call her La chiamo = I call you (formal – male or female) Ci = us Ci chiami = you call us Vi = you plural Vi chiamo = I call you (both/all) Le = them (group of girls or women) Le chiamo (I call them – females) Li = them (group of men or mixed) Li chiamo (I call them – males or mixed)
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