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Munjo
276
Secondo "L'italiano senza errori": Il pronome "te" รจ usato come complemento oggetto o indiretto; attenzione quindi a non confonderli; non diremo mai: "io e te andremo al cinema stasera" ma "tu ed io andremo al cinema stasera".
Munjo
276
My guess is, this is similar to "you and I" vs "you and me" vs "I and you" in English. "You and me" is grammatically incorrect but perfectly acceptable, while there is nothing grammatically wrong with "I and you" / "io e tu" (putting yourself in the second place is just a matter of good manners), it simply sounds ackward because it is never used.
Arnold193698
336
For an academic discussion of this in Italian, see the article "Io e te, io e tu o tu e io?" at https://accademiadellacrusca.it/it/consulenza/io-e-te-io-e-tu-o-tu-e-io/275