Breakdown of Il nonno ha trovato il passaporto e l'ha restituito.
e
and
avere
to have
il nonno
the grandfather / the grandparents (plural)
trovare
to find
lo
him/it (direct object)
il passaporto
the passport
restituire
to return (an item), to give back
Questions & Answers about Il nonno ha trovato il passaporto e l'ha restituito.
What does the l' stand for in l'ha restituito?
Why does restituito end in -o? Is it because the grandfather is masculine?
No, it actually matches il passaporto. In the passato prossimo, when you use a direct object pronoun like lo, la, li, or le before the verb, the past participle has to match that pronoun in gender and number. Since l' stands for the masculine singular lo (the passport), restituito takes the masculine singular ending -o.
Why doesn't trovato need to agree with anything?
With most verbs in the passato prossimo that use avere, the past participle simply ends in -o. The special rule to make the ending match the object only kicks in when a direct object pronoun (like lo or la) comes directly before the verb. Since the noun il passaporto comes after ha trovato, the participle keeps its default -o ending.
What is the infinitive form of restituito?
The infinitive is restituire (to return, to give back). It is a regular -ire verb, so you form the past participle by dropping -ire and adding -ito.
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