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- "Penso a lei giorno e notte."
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I would assume because "di' is normally used for places while "a" seems to used for people.....this is just a guess though
I wonder is its okay to say "Penso su di lei giorno e notte." Meaning " I think about her day and night. Instead of "I think of her day and night". If a native italian speaker can clarify this I qould appreciate it. Grazie.
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I asked a native speaker about this. She said you could only say "Penso a lei" (I think about her) and "su di" for "Scrivo su di lei" (I write about her)
They used it in anoteer sentence so i'm actually confused if they're just interchangeable or one of them is preferred..
I noticed that i can memorize in Italian only such kind of romantic sentence...
Nice! Always love to see comments mentioning Bocelli :) He is one of the reasons why I'm learning Italian right now haha.
Re-asking a question that does not seem to be answered.
Why 'a lei' and not 'di lei'?
Can it be used in a polite form and as result of it the translation to English be: I think of you day and night?.
I principle, yes, but in this case the pronoun would/should be capitalized: Penso a Lei giorno e notte.
See here: http://italian.about.com/cs/grammar/ht/formalinformal.htm
I would have said so, but I you generally only use formal for those people you don't properly know, or to talk to professionals/officials, or for your elders, so that would be a bit creepy.
I was wondering that as well would it be "Penso a tuo giorno e notte" if i am saying it to my Italian boyfriend?
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How am I supposed to know 'a lei' means 'of her' when 'of' isn't even listed when the cursor hovers over 'a'?
