"You pull up the blanket."

[nickice96]

Why not "Tiri sulla coperta" ?

[royastar]

"tirare su" means "to pull up"
in this instance, 'su' does not mean 'on,' so it cannot be paired with 'la' to create 'sulla'

[vtopphol]

So 'Tira mi su' actually means 'pull me up'?

[jordy]

Awesome. Wikipedia: ”Tiramisu (from the Italian language, spelled tiramisù [tiramiˈsu], meaning "pick me up", "cheer me up" or "lift me up") is a popular coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa."

[Margaret_S]

This could be an excellent way to remember it! Thanks!

[fernandoarg]

Does it mean that the prepositions of phrasal verbs in Italian are not paired with the articles?. Can you give me a link of phrasal verbs in Italian?. Thanks.

[lucianadleme]

I'm also interested in some reference about phrasal verbs in Italian. Anyone?

[marygbaker]

Is it wrong to allow words between tirare and su? So, is "tiri il coperto su" wrong?

[PedroCarne10]

Lacks explanation and more examples

[TanyaBella76]

I thought 'su' meant 'on'?

[Rae.F]

Prepositions do not translate one-to-one between languages, neither in meaning nor in usage.

[Stergi3]

Which verbs are considered as phrasal verbs in Italian?

[Jeffrey855877]

Not sure what you mean by "phrasal verbs" - In Spanish, I see it used in connection with "phrasal future" = ir a [infinitive] = *going to [infinitie]"

In Italian, there are three modal verbs that I know of:
Dovere - "to have to, must"
Potere - "to be able to, can"
Volere - "to want to*

potere is the one that gives me the most problems, especially in the past tense, where it means "could/might".

[Jeffrey855877]

GoogleTranslate lists a whole slew of uses for su:

adverb
on, up, on top of

preposition
on, about, out, over, in, up, at, upon, on to, against

[vadrouilleuse]

e perché no "tu tiri sulla coperta" ????

[Rae.F]

Your question is answered in the top comment on this page.

[Ks4FQ]

The verb riprendere is to pull up, in my dictionary. Why use the verb tirare.