Learn Italian: Questo pacco è per me. - This package is for me.

Questo pacco è per me.

This package is for me.

Breakdown of Questo pacco è per me.

for / in order to / because of

Questions & Answers about Questo pacco è per me.

Why do we use me here instead of mi?

In Italian, when a pronoun comes right after a preposition like per (for), we use a "tonic" (or strong) pronoun. For the first person ("me"), the strong pronoun is exactly the same as in English: me. The weaker pronoun mi is used when it goes directly before a verb (like in mi piace).

If the package was for "you", would I use ti?

No! Just like you can't use mi after a preposition, you can't use ti. You must use the strong pronoun for "you", which is te. So, "This package is for you" would be Questo pacco è per te.

Why does the sentence start with Questo instead of Questa?

Questo is a demonstrative adjective meaning "this". It must always match the gender and number of the noun it describes. Because pacco (package) is a masculine singular noun, we use the masculine singular form Questo.

Are there other prepositions that work like per with these pronouns?