Breakdown of Ho lavato la sciarpa rossa e l'ho messa nell'armadio.
e
and
rosso
red
avere
to have
in
in / made of (material)
Questions & Answers about Ho lavato la sciarpa rossa e l'ho messa nell'armadio.
Why does the second verb end in -a (messa) but the first ends in -o (lavato)?
When a direct object pronoun like la comes before the verb in the passato prossimo, the past participle must change its ending to match the object's gender and number. Since la refers to the feminine singular sciarpa, messo becomes messa. In the first half of the sentence, the object (la sciarpa) comes after the verb, so lavato keeps its default -o ending.
What exactly does the l' in l'ho messa stand for?
If l' can mean either lo or la, how do we know which one it is here?