Breakdown of Leggo la battuta e la ricordo.
e
and
leggere
to read
la
her/it (direct object)
ricordare
to remember
la battuta
the line (of dialogue)
Questions & Answers about Leggo la battuta e la ricordo.
Why is there no di after ricordo if this lesson is about verbs taking di?
You are learning that verbs like ricordare (to remember) take di when they are followed by another verb (an infinitive), such as ricordo di farlo (I remember to do it). However, when you remember a thing rather than an action, you don't use di. Here, the verb is just followed by the pronoun la (it), so no preposition is needed.
Why is la used twice in this sentence? Do they mean the same thing?
They look exactly the same but do different jobs. The first la is the feminine definite article meaning "the" in la battuta (the line). The second la is a direct object pronoun meaning "it". It replaces the feminine noun battuta and is placed directly before the verb ricordo so you don't have to repeat the noun.
Could I use the reflexive verb ricordarsi here instead?
I thought the word for "line" was linea or riga. What kind of line is a battuta?
A battuta specifically refers to a spoken "line" in a play, movie script, or a joke/punchline. If you are talking about a physical line drawn on paper, you would use linea, and for a line of printed text on a page, you would use riga.
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