Breakdown of Prepari la fattura e mi dia il rimborso.
e
and
preparare
to prepare
mi
to me
dare
to give
il rimborso
the refund
la fattura
the invoice
Questions & Answers about Prepari la fattura e mi dia il rimborso.
Why is the pronoun mi placed before the verb in mi dia?
Doesn't prepari usually mean 'you prepare' in the informal tu form?
Yes! In the regular present tense, tu prepari means 'you prepare'. However, for commands (the imperative mood), the endings swap. The informal command is prepara ('prepare!'), while the formal polite command is prepari. You can tell this is a command because it is paired with another formal command, dia.
Why does the formal command for dare end in -a (dia) instead of -i?
Regular -are verbs like preparare take an -i ending for formal commands, which is why we see prepari. However, dare (to give) is a very irregular verb. Even though it is an -are verb, its formal command is dia, which is simply an irregular form you have to memorize.
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