Breakdown of Ti chiedo di prendere la pillola regolarmente.
prendere
to take
chiedere
to ask
ti
to you
di
to (linking a verb to a following infinitive)
la pillola
the pill
regolarmente
regularly
Questions & Answers about Ti chiedo di prendere la pillola regolarmente.
Why do we use di prendere instead of just prendere or a prendere?
This is how Italian forms indirect commands. If you were giving a direct order, you would use the imperative: Prendi la pillola! (Take the pill!). To report that command indirectly (I ask you to take it), you use a verb of requesting or ordering like chiedere, followed by the preposition di and the infinitive verb (prendere).
Does the Ti in Ti chiedo mean "you" or "to you"?
It means "to you". The verb chiedere (to ask) requires an indirect object for the person being asked. You are literally saying "I ask to you to take the pill." Because of this, we use the indirect object pronoun Ti rather than a direct object pronoun.
Is prendere the normal verb for taking medicine in Italian?
How exactly is the adverb regolarmente formed?
Italian adverbs are usually formed by adding -mente (which works like "-ly" in English) to the feminine singular form of an adjective. The adjective for "regular" is regolare. Since adjectives ending in -e don't change between masculine and feminine, you just attach -mente directly to it to get regolarmente (regularly).
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