Più tardi glielo porto, perché so che quel volantino le piacerà.

I’ll bring it to her later, because I know she’ll like that flyer.

Breakdown of Più tardi glielo porto, perché so che quel volantino le piacerà.

• io: I
• piacere: to like
• portare: to bring
• perché: because

Questions & Answers about Più tardi glielo porto, perché so che quel volantino le piacerà.

What is glielo, and how is it formed?

glielo is a double-clitic pronoun combining the indirect object pronoun gli (“to him/ to her”) with the direct object pronoun lo (“it,” masculine). In Italian, when you need both an indirect and a direct pronoun, you put the indirect first: gli + lo = glielo, meaning “I’ll bring it to him/her.”

How do I know whether glielo refers to “him” or “her”?

In standard Italian clitics, gli in glielo is ambiguous (especially in speech) because context usually tells you the gender. Here the second clause uses le (“to her”), so glielo must mean “to her.” If you want to remove any doubt, you can say glielo porto a lei.

Why is le used in le piacerà, and how does the verb piacere work?

Italian piacere (“to please”) flips the English “to like.” The thing that is pleasing is the grammatical subject, and the person who likes it is the indirect object. So:

• Quel volantino is the subject (“that flyer”).
• le is the indirect object pronoun (“to her”).
• piacerà is the future form “will be pleasing.”

Literally it reads “that flyer will be pleasing to her,” i.e. “she will like it.”

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