Breakdown of Vogliamo votare per espellere il traditore senza di loro.
loro
they
per
for / in order to / because of
senza
without
volere
to want
il traditore
the traitor
di
(linking a preposition to a following personal pronoun)
espellere
to expel
votare
to vote
Questions & Answers about Vogliamo votare per espellere il traditore senza di loro.
Why is there a di in senza di loro?
Why do we use per before espellere?
The preposition per followed by an infinitive expresses purpose, translating to "in order to." Here, they are voting in order to expel the traitor.
Why do we use loro here instead of li?
After prepositions like senza di, you must use the "tonic" or stressed pronoun series (me, te, lui, lei, noi, voi, loro). You cannot use an unstressed direct object pronoun like li after a preposition.
If I wanted to replace il traditore with a pronoun ("him"), how would the sentence change?
You would drop the final -e of the infinitive espellere and attach the direct object pronoun lo to the end of it. The phrase would become per espellerlo.
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