In conversational Italian, you can shift an object to the very end of the sentence. This is called "right dislocation," and it is extremely common in spoken Italian for clarifying or confirming what you are talking about without breaking the natural flow of speech.
When you push the object to the end, you must "anticipate" it by placing a matching direct object pronoun (lo, la, li, or le) immediately before the verb. The explicit noun is then tacked on at the end, often after a slight pause (written as a comma).
| I'll listen to it tomorrow, the podcast. | Lo ascolto domani, il podcast. |
The pronoun you use before the verb must always match the gender and number of the noun at the end of the sentence.
| Do you know him well, the new presenter? | Lo conosci bene, il nuovo conduttore? |
| We always thank them, our listeners. | Li ringraziamo sempre, i nostri ascoltatori. |
| Are you bringing them, the headphones? | Le porti tu, le cuffie? |
Compound Tenses
Just like with standard direct object pronouns, if you are using the passato prossimo, the singular pronouns lo and la drop their vowel and combine with the helper verb avere (e.g., l'ho, l'hai).
Remember that the past participle must also agree in gender and number with the anticipated object at the end of the sentence.
| Have you already downloaded it, the last episode? | L'hai già scaricata, l'ultima puntata? |
