Word
Dov'è la tua sciarpa? L'ho persa ieri.
Meaning
Where is your scarf? I lost it yesterday.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Dov'è la tua sciarpa? L'ho persa ieri.
Why does it say L'ho instead of La ho?
L' stands for the direct object pronoun la (meaning "it"), which refers back to la sciarpa (the scarf). When lo or la comes right before a form of avere that starts with a vowel or an "h" (like ho), it drops its vowel and becomes l' to make pronunciation smoother.
Why is the past participle persa instead of perso?
This is the main trick with direct object pronouns in the past tense! When you put lo, la, li, or le before the verb in the passato prossimo, the past participle has to agree with it. Because l' stands for the feminine singular la sciarpa, the participle changes its ending to match, becoming persa.
What is the infinitive verb for persa?
The infinitive is perdere (to lose). It has an irregular past participle. Normally, an -ere verb would end in -uto in the past tense, but perdere turns into perso (which changes to persa here to agree with the feminine pronoun).
Why do we need la before tua sciarpa?