In lesson 5.6, these are given in the expressions to clarify or apologise. I do not understand why 'La' begins the phrase 'La invito a...' = 'I invite you to'.....
Why isn't it Le again for formal (or La for 'I invite her to.....')?
Le offro di, La invito a... I offer you, I invite you to..
Alice-G
August 14, 2012
Maria-DiLorenzi
August 29, 2012
ciao Alice,
in the sentence "la invito a", "la" is a pronoun which stands for "you".
"La" and "Le" is a direct object pronoun.
As you can see from the below list , the pronoun "Le" is used when addressing to more than one person (female).
Here below the full list
English /Italian
me= mi
you = ti
him,her,it = lo/la
you (formal)= La
us= ci
you (all)= vi
them= li,le
you (formal)= Li (masc.) ,Le (fem.)
I hope this help.
Ciao
Alice-G
August 29, 2012
Grazie Maria,
Obviously I have trouble understanding the formal 'you'. Back to the grammar books!
Alice
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