Loro vs Voi

I am a little confused. In Grammatica I, it says: LORO = YOU (plural, formal) The problem is that I have a couple of English/Italian dictionaries, and they both shay the following: VOI = YOU (plural, both formal and casual) LORO = THEM, THEY Which one is correct? Another question: Can I use LA RIGRAZIO for both male and female? Or should I say, LO REGRAZIO to a man? One more: Do you say LLI everywhere you find the letters GLI? Like, MEGLIO for example. Do you pronounce that MELLIO? Scuzy per molti domandi. Sto inparando lentamente. Grazie mille.

Buon giorno Edith and welcome from Rocket languages Team! I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding and for the delay with the answer. Here the explanation: 1 - LORO vs. YOU = LORO is the translation of THEY or THEM. VOI means YOU as "you all " (direct to a group of people-formal and informal way) If you want to direct a question to someone you don't know (single person), you will use LEI . If you have found LORO translated as YOU in one of our lessons, please let me know so we can correct it immediately. 2- If you want to say "I thank you" in a polite way the correct way is LA RINGRAZIO for both genders. "LO RINGRAZIO" has a different meaning .Literally it's "I THANK HIM" as LO stays for A LUI 3-The pronunciation of "gli" must be pronounced most of the time as LLI but remeber that there are some exceptions! Thank you for request of explanation, I think you are going very well . BRAVA! Please don 't hesitate to contact me for further interesting DOMANDE (question)! Have a good day! Romina Rocket Italian Team

You find LORO = (formal, plural) (you all) in: Lesson 1. Greetings, meetings, etc./ 1.5 How are you?/ Grammar/ Addressing you. Thanks for your answer, Edith

I am not sure where to post my question, but here goes.... The formal you (singular) is Lei + the third person singular for the verb eg: Lei mangia bene ogni giorno. = You (singular) eat well every day. What is the correct formal you (plural)...... according to what I have learnt before it is Loro + the third person plural of the verb eg: Loro mangiano bene ogni giorno. = You(all) eat well every day However on page 13 of GREETINGS in your manual you have said that the formal you is Voi (ie: voi with a capital "V") please tell me if this is a typo or it is right, molte grazie, ROCKY

Ciao Rocky, welcome to Rocket Italian Community and Forum and thank you for your post. In Italian we have 2 ways to express the plural of the formal "you" : -using "Voi" (the most common ) Example (a teller asking to Mr. and Mrs. Rossi): Avete voi una carta di credito? - Have you got a credit card? -using "Loro" (VERY formal and I'd say old fashioned too) Example : Loro vanno? (translated as "are you going?") All the best for your Italian learning! Ciao Romina Rocket Italian Team