Learn Italian: Dove sono le viti? Trovale e fissale. - Where are the screws? Find them and secure them.

Viti is the plural of la vite (the screw). It belongs to the group of nouns that end in -e in the singular and change to -i in the plural. Since it's a feminine noun, it takes the feminine plural article le.

How are the words trovale and fissale formed?

When you give a positive command to someone informally (the tu form), you must attach object pronouns directly to the end of the verb to make one single word. Trovale is trova (find) + le (them). Fissale is fissa (secure) + le. We use the pronoun le because it refers back to the feminine plural noun, le viti.

Why do the verbs end in -a (trova, fissa) if this is the tu form?

For regular -are verbs like trovare and fissare, the informal affirmative command (the imperative) ends in -a. Even though the standard present tense is tu trovi (you find), the command form is just trova! (find!).

How do I pronounce trovale and ? Does adding the pronoun change where the emphasis goes?