Word
Ha messo il cappello sul letto e l'ha dimenticato.
Meaning
He put the hat on the bed and forgot it.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ha messo il cappello sul letto e l'ha dimenticato.
e
and
avere
to have
mettere
to put / to put on / play (music)
il letto
bed
Questions & Answers about Ha messo il cappello sul letto e l'ha dimenticato.
What does the l' in l'ha dimenticato stand for?
Why does the past participle dimenticato end in 'o'?
In the passato prossimo, when you use a direct object pronoun before the verb, the past participle must match the gender and number of that pronoun. Since l' replaces the masculine singular lo, dimenticato ends in -o. If he had forgotten a scarf (la sciarpa), it would be l'ha dimenticata.
Is messo the past tense of a regular verb?
No, messo is the irregular past participle of the verb mettere (to put). If it were regular, it would end in -uto, but mettere is one of those common irregular verbs you just have to memorize!
Where does sul come from?
Sul is a combined preposition. It is made by merging the preposition su (on) with the definite article il (the) to mean 'on the'.