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Il compito è noioso, ma non lo lascio delegare a nessuno.
Meaning
The task is boring, but I don't let anyone delegate it.
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Breakdown of Il compito è noioso, ma non lo lascio delegare a nessuno.
essere
to be
ma
but
non
not
noioso
boring
Questions & Answers about Il compito è noioso, ma non lo lascio delegare a nessuno.
Why is the pronoun lo placed before lascio? Couldn't I say non lascio delegarlo?
With most verbs, you can attach an object pronoun to the end of the infinitive. However, lasciare (to let) and fare (to make) act as causative verbs here. The rule for causatives is strict: the object pronoun must go before the conjugated causative verb, never attached to the infinitive. Therefore, non lo lascio delegare is required.
Why is it a nessuno? Shouldn't "anyone" just be the direct object nessuno without the a?
This is a tricky feature of Italian causative structures. In English, we say "I let [someone] do [something]". But in Italian, if the infinitive verb (delegare) already has a direct object (the pronoun lo), the person actually performing the action gets bumped to an indirect object, introduced by a. Literally, the structure is "I do not let delegate it to anyone".
Since nessuno means "nobody", doesn't non lo lascio... a nessuno translate to a double negative?
How would the meaning change if I used instead of , as in ?