Questions & Answers about Ieri le ho mandato gli elenchi e i cataloghi.
Why is the plural of elenco spelled elenchi with an h?
The word catalogo is stressed on the third-to-last syllable. Shouldn't it lose the h in the plural, just like medico becomes medici?
You are right that nouns stressed on the third-to-last syllable usually drop the h in the plural. However, words ending in -logo have a special rule. If they refer to things (like catalogo or dialogo), they keep the hard sound and use an h to become -loghi. If they refer to people (like psicologo), they drop the h and become -logi.
Why do we use le here instead of la to say her?
Because the verb mandare (to send) takes an indirect object: you send something to someone. In Italian, the indirect object pronoun for to her is le. If it were a direct object like I saw her, you would use la.
Since we are talking about sending things to her, why is the verb ho mandato instead of ?