Word
Marco mi dà un libro.
Meaning
Marco gives me a book.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Marco mi dà un libro.
Why does mi come before the verb dà?
Does mi mean "me" or "to me" in this sentence?
Here it means "to me", because Marco is giving the book to you. This is called an indirect object. The pronoun mi is handy because it can mean both "me" (direct object) and "to me" (indirect object) depending on the verb.
Why is there an accent mark on the word dà?
The accent mark is just a spelling rule to tell it apart from the preposition da, which means "from" or "by". They sound exactly the same, but dà with the accent means "he gives" or "she gives".
Could I put the "to me" part at the end of the sentence instead?