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#62: Give it to me! Double Object Pronouns in Italian
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Today's Italian words
Quel libro, me lo compri? = That book, can you buy it for me? (literally: that book, for me, it, you buy?)
Quel =that
Libro = book
Me = for me
Lo = it
Compri = you buy
Compro = I buy
Lo compro = I buy it. Literally: it, I buy (For masculine things, like "il libro")
La compro = I buy it. (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Ti compro un libro = I buy a book for you (literally: for you, a buy a book)
Te lo compro = I buy it for you (literally: for you, it, I buy)
Me lo compri = You buy it for me (literally: for me, it, you buy)
Me la compri = You buy it for me (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Me lo dai = You give it to me (literally: to me, it, you give)
Me la dai = You give it to me (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Te lo compro = I buy it for you (literally: for you, it, I buy)
Te la compro = I buy it for you (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Te lo do = I give it to you (literally: to you, it, I give)
Te la do = I give it to you (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Glielo compro = I buy it for him/her/them/you formal (literally, for him/her/them/you formal, it, I buy)
Gliela compro = I buy it for him/her/them/you formal (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Glielo do = I give it to him/her/them/you formal (literally, to him/her/them/you formal, it, I give)
Gliela do = I give it to him/her/them/you formal (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Ce lo compro = I buy it for us (literally, for us, it, I buy)
Ce la compro = I buy it for us (for feminine things, like "la torta")
Ve lo compro = I buy it for you all/both (literally: for you all/both, it, I buy)
Ve la compro = I buy it for you all/both (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")
Ve lo do = I give it to you all/both (literally: to you all/both, it, I give)
Ve la do = I give it to you all/both (la = for feminine things, like "la torta")