"Ea îi dă ei un curcan."

Translation: She gives her a turkey.

[anajdonadon]

Doesn't "ei" mean "they"?

[potestasity]

"ei" is indeed the nominative/accusative third person plural masculine personal pronoun. BUT, it's also the genitive/dative third person singular feminine one... In this sentence, "ei" is in the dative case.

[Max_Matthews]

Why is ei there at all?

[Victoria684052]

Why is this not 'she gives them a turkey?'

[abcdefg-1]

'She gives them a turkey.' = 'Ea le dă lor un curcan.'

[Lassi492061]

Are both "îi" and "ei" necessary? Are they needed to make sure that this female person really is given a turkey?