Word
Avete dimenticato le vostre chiavi. Ve le portiamo stasera.
Meaning
You forgot your keys. We are bringing them to you tonight.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Avete dimenticato le vostre chiavi. Ve le portiamo stasera.
la chiave
the key
avere
to have
vostro
your (plural)
stasera
tonight / this evening
Questions & Answers about Avete dimenticato le vostre chiavi. Ve le portiamo stasera.
Why is it ve le instead of vi le?
When you combine an indirect object pronoun like vi (to you all) with a direct object pronoun like le (them), the 'i' in the first pronoun changes to an 'e'. So, vi + le becomes the combined pronoun ve le.
What exactly does the le in ve le refer to?
Why is it le vostre chiavi? Doesn't chiavi look like a masculine plural noun?
Why does the sentence use the present tense portiamo (we bring) for an action happening stasera (tonight)?
Just like in English, Italians frequently use the present tense to talk about firmly planned events in the near future. You could use the future tense (porteremo), but the present tense is very natural and common for things happening later today.