Word
È lei.
Meaning
It's her.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about È lei.
Why is there no word for "it" in this sentence?
In Italian, you usually drop the subject pronouns (like "I", "you", or "it") because the verb itself tells you who or what is doing the action. Here, è means "is", and the "it" is just understood!
Why does è have an accent mark?
The accent mark changes the meaning entirely. È with the accent is the verb meaning "is", while e without the accent means "and".
The translation says "her", but doesn't lei mean "she"?