Combined pronouns and verb agreement

jrdevivo

June 15, 2017

I started lesson 10.7 on combined pronouns. It made sense until I got to 2 examples that were in the past tense:

Tuo padre ti ha comprato la macchina ieri

Your father bought you the car yesterday

Tuo padre te l'ha comprata ieri

Your father bought it for you yesterday

Giulio ha regalato loro dei cioccolatini

Giulio has gifted them some chocolates

Giulio glieli ha regalati

Giulio has gifted them to them

From the looks of these 2 examples, it seems that in passato prossimo, the verb has to agree with the direct object? Is that the case? The lesson doesn't make any mention of that rule.

Thanks,
Jay

Lucia - Rocket Languages Tutor

June 15, 2017

Hi Jay,

You are right. When pronouns are used together with passato remoto, as in this case, the rule is that the past participle will agree with the pronoun.

Ho comprato il cellulare. L'ho (lo ho) comprato.
Ho comprato la macchina. L'ho (la ho) comprata.
Ho comprato i fiori. Li ho comprati.
Ho comprato le matite. Le ho comprate.

Hope this helps!

Lucia

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