"I speak to you but you do not hear me."

[josh2934]

I feel like i need professional instruction. Ti, vi, mi, me, te, all these things seem like they have no rules as to where and when they're used and why tu isn't used. Totally lost.

[indritana]

So is mi dative? And is ti dative?

[TheGandalf]

Yes, I believe so. I think it's like this:

Nominative: io, tu, lui/lei, noi, voi, loro

Accusative: me, te, lo/la, ci, vi, le/li

Dative: mi, ti, gli/le, ci, vi, a loro

This is what I've been able to gather so far, but I'm not 100% sure of its correctness.

[TheGandalf]

Now why is it "mi" and not "me"? In this sentence it's a direct object, right?

[roman2095]

I guess you know this by now, but for others who are wondering, mi is both the direct object pronoun and indirect object pronoun. me is the stressed pronoun. However the indirect object pronoun mi changes to me when it is before a direct object pronoun.

https://www.thoughtco.com/direct-object-pronouns-in-italian-4057230

https://www.thoughtco.com/indirect-object-pronouns-in-italian-4057468

[Sofie870036]

Why can't we say: ....ma tu non senti me?

[YvonneTayl10]

I type in the exact answer but it says incorrect?