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

Translation: Io ti parlo ma tu non mi senti.

[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.

[BobbyCoate]

This is the first time this language has made no sense to me at all. Duo was very clear up until now

[Nelleke230703]

try this site
http://www.italiangrammarsite.net/Chapter%205.htm

[jamdunk]

Thank youNelleke240703! Clitics/pronouns have been a skills barrier for me in other languages' learning. I am determined to practise them with Duolingo, in Italian. Keep going, everyone.

[Linda455127]

I agree! I can't get to grips with this section at all. Feels like guesswork.

[James945697]

Agreed and agreed. I'm hoping i won't ever need to understand this because I'm just doing this topic and moving on

[Mark262468]

Ditto

[Elisabetta853910]

Me, too. Why isn't there some sort of chart or graph to help explain this?

[Nelleke230703]

have you looked at this site?
http://www.italiangrammarsite.net/Chapter%205.htm

[Liana_Istriana]

Look up the difference between direct and indirect pronouns and you'll see the difference. I find pronouns really tricky too.

[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

[CharlotteB748246]

Great!! This helps a lot. Thanks.

[CarlQuiambao]

Why is "Parlo a te ma non mi senti" marked wrong?

[ThomasHell2]

It should be "Parlo con te ma non mi senti", see AlphaCentauri's answer. I tried that and it was accepted.

[Lygia154526]

Mine wasn't. And when I write Parlo con te, it corrects me to "ti parlo". When I write "ti parlo", it corrects me to "parlo con te". I am almost giving up!

[deactivated user]

"Io ti parlo ma mi non senti" was not accepted. Why is the tu necessary? Isn't it implied by the senti.

[RealTheJungleBoy]

I have the same question.

[Nelleke230703]

I think you have to put 'mi' directly in front of the verb: non mi senti

[PHASE123]

why is "ti parlo ma no mi senti" incorrect? i feel like it should be accepted

[bkmclau]

I think the "no" should be "non" for not.

[SofieJones798]

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

[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.

[YvonneTayl10]

I type in the exact answer but it says incorrect?

[LindaNordin]

why can't I say: parlo a te ma non ti senti

[Keith352848]

I believe you mean: Parlo a te ma non MI sent. But I have the same question...

[AlphaCentauri]

I wrote the same. I googled it and the only hit was this forum. It think it would have had to have been "Parlo CON te ma non mi senti

[AlphaCentauri]

Just tried that and it was accepted.

[NgRoots]

So, 'parlo a te' won't be accepted, could someone help me understand why?

[Nelleke230703]

Because, apparently (as AlphaCentauri says), it is 'parlo con te'

[HandsomeRob5]

Why is it first ti and then tu? ❤❤❤ is this so incredibly hard to understand?

[jenave3]

My answer is correct

[IWasJustinKing]

Can we just pretend, for a minute, that I don't know anything about chemistry, or metallurgy, or physics, and can someone please tell me what the hell is going on?

[SevgiSeren]

Why is lo there

[IWasJustinKing]

It is not LO it is IO as in Indigo Oscar
I blame Bill Gates