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- "Lui mi ha tenuto un posto."
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The definition was also "parking place," and I put that and got it wrong. So frustrating.
I wrote that today (2015-09-14) and it was accepted, so thanks for reporting!
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No it's not. The presence of has in the sentence means it's present perfect tense or, in Italian, passato prossimo
"He has held me 1 place".... Not a typo on my end... It's the only thing it would accept and was the recommended answer when I missed it the first time. . Strange...
I think because it isn't specifically the speaker's place, yet. "He saved 'my' seat" would mean they already had the seat, whereas "he saved me a seat" suggests they haven't yet arrived, but he's keeping a seat for them. :)
Could you explain what about the sentence indicates that they haven't arrived yet? And what the 'he saved my seat' sentence would look like?
why is "per me" at the end of the sentence, in place of clitic "mi," not correct?
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I keep thinking that he has held a place for a SHE in his heart. Could it be? If so, it would very romantic.
the "mi" is too silent. I had side noise the first time round and I could not detect if it was "mi" or "ti".....
"When the past participle of a verb conjugated with avere is preceded by the third person direct object pronouns lo, la, le, or li, the past participle agrees with the preceding direct object pronoun in gender and number. The past participle may agree with the direct object pronouns mi, ti, ci, and vi when these precede the verb, but the agreement is not mandatory."
So it seems like you could say either mi ha tenuta or mi ha tenuto.
I disagree. :) 'mi' in this sentence is not a direct object, it's an indirect object - he holds a place for me. So the past participle wouldn't have to agree with it.
Ah yes, I think you're right. The direct object in this sentence would be 'a place'. I was thrown because you do not need the preposition 'for' in the English ("he held me a place").
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/310309 would be an example on duolingo where the past participle agrees with a female "mi".
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It means that he = lui (maybe a friend) came to (let's say) a cinema before you and he saved an empty seat/an empty chair for you, so when you came later on, you had a chair to sit on. In this sentence 'place' means 'chair'.
"He has reserved (saved/kept) a place for me," in my opinion should ever be marked correct. What do you think DL?
Since "mi" is an indirect object pronoun here, could we say "lui me l'ha tenuto" to say be held it for me?
'He held me a place' is the only answer Dou accepted, which... doesnt sound correct at all. (30/07/2017)
In English we'd say, "he saved me a place." The English translations in this segment are rather bizarre. No on taljs this way.
