53: Direct object pronouns in Italian: Mi, Ti, Lo, La, Ci, Vi, Li, Le.
What are direct object pronouns in Italian? Get a super simple explanation + examples of how to use them in conversation.
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\n\nToday's Italian words and phrases
\n\nTi do fastidio a volte? = do I annoy you at times?
\n\nTi = You
\n\nDo = I give
\n\nFastidio = annoyance
\n\nA volte = sometimes
\n\nCerto! = of course!
\n\nQuando? = when?
\n\nQuando ti chiamo ma non rispondi mai = when I call you but you never answer.
\n\nQuando = when
\n\nTi = you
\n\nChiamo = I call
\n\nMa = but
\n\nNon = not
\n\nRispondi = respond/answer
\n\nMai = never
\n\nE io? = And me?
\n\nTi do fastidio a volte? = Do I annoy you sometimes?
\n\nCerto! Per esempio quando qualcuno ci invita a fare qualcosa ma non vuoi andare perch\xe8 ti senti un po\u2019 pigro. = Of course, when someone invites us to do something but you don\u2019t want to go because you feel a bit lazy.
\n\ncerto = of course
\n\nper esempio = for example
\n\nquando = when
\n\nqualcuno = someone
\n\nci = us
\n\ninvita = invites
\n\na fare = to do
\n\nqualcosa = something
\n\nma = but
\n\nnon vuoi = you don\u2019t want
\n\nandare = to go
\n\nperch\xe8 = because
\n\nti senti = you feel
\n\nun po\u2019 = a bit
\n\npigro = lazy
\n\nMi = me
\n\nMi chiami = you call me
\n\nLo = him
\n\nLo chiamo = I call him
\n\nLa = her
\n\nLa chiamo = I call her
\n\nLa chiamo = I call you (formal \u2013 male or female)
\n\nCi = us
\n\nCi chiami = you call us
\n\nVi = you plural
\n\nVi chiamo = I call you (both/all)
\n\nLe = them (group of girls or women)
\n\nLe chiamo (I call them \u2013 females)
\n\nLi = them (group of men or mixed)
\n\nLi chiamo (I call them \u2013 males or mixed)