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### Pronouns after prepositions

When you want to say "for me", "with you", or "between us", Italian uses a specific set of pronouns after prepositions. These are called **tonic pronouns**. 

Fortunately, most of them are exactly the same as the subject pronouns you already know (**lui**, **lei**, **noi**, **voi**, **loro**). Only **io** and **tu** change to **me** and **te**.

| Subject pronoun | After a preposition |
| --- | --- |
| **io** | me |
| **tu** | te |
| **lui / lei** | lui / lei |
| **noi** | noi |
| **voi** | voi |
| **loro** | loro |

You will use these pronouns after common prepositions like **per** (for):

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### "Da" meaning "at someone's place"

When the preposition **da** (from) is followed by a person or a pronoun, it frequently means "at [person]'s place" or "at [person]'s house".

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### Using "senza" (without)

When the preposition **senza** is followed by a pronoun, Italian requires you to add the word **di** in between (e.g., *senza di me*, *senza di te*).

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### "Con" (with) and "tra" (between/among)

Other common prepositions that take these pronouns are **con** (with) and **tra** (between, among). 

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Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Subject pronouns and the verb to be (io sono)

Singular definite articles (il, la)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Past tense of modal verbs

Question	Answer
the package	il pacco
for / in order to / because of	per
me	me
This package is for me.	Questo pacco è per me.
Who is this package for?	Per chi è questo pacco?
the surprise	la sorpresa
you	te
I have a beautiful surprise for you.	Ho una bella sorpresa per te.
Marco is buying a gift for her.	Marco compra un regalo per lei.
from, at (someone's place) / by (oneself), on one's own	da
Today we are eating at his place.	Oggi mangiamo da lui.
Are you sleeping at my place?	Dormi da me?
without	senza
They are not leaving without you.	Non partono senza di te.
Why are you working without us?	Perché lavori senza di noi?
the agreement	l'accordo
between, among	tra
There is an agreement between us.	C'è un accordo tra noi.
I do not speak with them.	Non parlo con loro.
the secret	il segreto
It is a secret between you and me.	È un segreto tra me e te.
Anna has a letter for me.	Anna ha una lettera per me.
Who is speaking with you?	Chi parla con voi?
The surprise is a secret between us.	La sorpresa è un segreto tra noi.
There is an agreement between me and you.	C'è un accordo tra me e te.
the stamp (postage)	il francobollo
I buy a stamp for the letter.	Compro un francobollo per la lettera.
I send the letter without a stamp.	Spedisco la lettera senza francobollo.
the postcard	la cartolina
I receive a postcard from my uncle.	Ricevo una cartolina da mio zio.
I write a postcard for you.	Scrivo una cartolina per te.
the envelope	la busta
I open the envelope and read the letter.	Apro la busta e leggo la lettera.
The envelope is without a stamp.	La busta è senza francobollo.

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