Breakdown of Il trapano è pesante. Me lo porti tu?
essere
to be
tu
you (singular)
pesante
heavy
portare
to bring, to carry
me lo
it to me
il trapano
the drill
Questions & Answers about Il trapano è pesante. Me lo porti tu?
Why is it me lo and not mi lo?
When the indirect object pronoun mi (to me) is combined with a direct object pronoun like lo (it), the mi changes to me. This happens with all the indirect pronouns ending in 'i': ti becomes te, ci becomes ce, and vi becomes ve.
What exactly do me and lo stand for in this sentence?
Why is tu at the very end of the question?
In Italian, subject pronouns like tu (you) are usually dropped because the verb ending (porti) already tells us who is doing the action. Adding tu at the end adds strong emphasis. It changes the feeling from a simple 'Are you bringing it to me?' to 'Are YOU the one bringing it to me?'.
Does the adjective pesante change if the object is feminine?
No, adjectives that end in -e in the singular, like pesante (heavy), do not change for gender. They are used for both masculine and feminine words. They only change their ending to -i when they become plural (pesanti).
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