Double Object Pronouns in Italian: Pronomi Doppi o Combinati

English speakers often confused by double object pronouns in Italian, but they're not that difficult! And also, Italians use them all the time, so it will be a good idea to learn them and use them in regular speech. Let's discuss the grammar in English first, and then go through many examples so that things make perfect sense.

Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College.

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[lalra]

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[ufuklar]

I felt lost and was waiting for the lesson to finish, because I was like :" omg, how am I supposed to memorize all of that!" Then, my answers were all correct in the comprehension, that made me feel good. I think I get it. Thanks a lot professor, I could never do it without you.

[snoopy]

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[sarac]

Excellent! Clear explanations and a good range of sensible examples. Thank you very much. I now understand this.

[alexistorres]

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[boccaluppo]

Grazie mille ! La spiegazione è abbastanza chiara.

[songphil]

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[dinahcox]

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[mariafilippoglou]

why is this so difficult, i literally wanna cry hahaha thank you for explaining us

[eternalbeings]

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[cbross]

That was so helpful! I've really been struggling with this.

[tomasodulaing]

Really well explained Dave, grazie, Tomás

[selenators]

its really special class but its to hard to understand

[tarahinibelotti]

Mille Grazie Professor Dave - bellissimo!
Grateful for your concise/clear and easy to grasp explanation on a very difficult concept - wish there were more “comprehension” exercises - you are definitely by far the best Italian professors around 🙏🇮🇹

[jeetu]

Ho capito tutto per l'esame finalmente. Adesso posso superarlo :-) Grazie mille

[polcumaku]

These were helpful, but there’s still no way I’m getting a grade above 70% on my Italian test

[annasue]

Hi, just wanted to ask if the 'ne' was supposed to be written to be paired with an indirect object pronoun in order for it to be a double pronoun? And that 'ne' substitutes for the direct object as a partitive?

[lechatnoir]

Hi i just wondered in example 3 you could write No, non ti posso darli?

[yurivedenyapin]

Mille grazie, amico! Tu sei un genio!

[mtgrrr]

Attento Dave, qando dopo due minuti dici nel punto 3) che i doppi pronomi si attaccano all'Infinito, non è corretto. Si può fare tranquillamente in entrambi i modi. Glielo voglio dire = voglio dirglielo; te ne voglio dare 2 = voglio dartene 2. I think u may mean the Infinitive: daglielo! Parlamene! Maria-Teresa Rivi