Breakdown of Hai preso il mio caricatore. Quando me lo restituisci?
avere
to have
mio
my
quando
when
prendere
to take
Questions & Answers about Hai preso il mio caricatore. Quando me lo restituisci?
Why does it say me lo instead of mi lo?
When you combine an indirect object pronoun like mi (to me) with a direct object pronoun like lo (it), the i in the first pronoun changes to an e to make it flow better when spoken. So, mi + lo becomes me lo. The same rule applies to the others: ti becomes te lo, ci becomes ce lo, and vi becomes ve lo.
What exactly do the words in me lo replace, and why are they in that order?
me means "to me" (the person receiving the action) and lo means "it" (replacing the masculine noun il caricatore). In English, we usually say "return it to me" (direct object first). But in Italian combined pronouns, the indirect object (me) always comes before the direct object (lo), and they both go right before the conjugated verb.
Why is the verb restituire conjugated as restituisci rather than just restitui?