Breakdown of Non le è stato concesso dal giudice.
essere
to be
non
not
le
to her
dal
by the (agent of a passive verb)
concedere
to grant
Questions & Answers about Non le è stato concesso dal giudice.
Why doesn't concesso agree with le and become concessa?
Le is an indirect object pronoun meaning "to her". In the passive voice, the past participles (like stato and concesso) must agree with the subject of the sentence, not the indirect object. Here, the subject is an implied "it" (representing a masculine singular noun like il permesso, or a general concept), so both participles remain masculine singular.
Why is le placed before the verb rather than attached to the end of it?
In standard Italian sentences, clitic pronouns like le must go immediately before the conjugated verb. Since this sentence uses a compound tense for the passive voice (è stato concesso), the pronoun goes before the conjugated auxiliary è. You cannot attach it to past participles like stato or concesso.
How would you rewrite this sentence in the active voice?
What verb does concesso come from, and is it irregular?
It comes from concedere (to grant / to allow). It is an irregular past participle; instead of taking a regular -uto ending, it takes an -sso ending, similar to verbs like mettere (messo) or succedere (successo).
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