Topic: Italian

"Lei gli dice che lo ama."

Translation:She tells him she loves him.

June 12, 2013

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CreyB

    Exactly so. One is an indirect object (gli), the other a direct object (lo).

    June 12, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ackworth

      THANKS! It is gradually getting clearer.

      June 26, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AdamJuanMorton

        Okay, thanks! Just wanted to make sure :)

        June 12, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/undomielle

          Question: Shouldn't "she tells them that she loves him" also be accepted? I have read somewhere that instead of the indirect pronoun "loro", "gli" is often used in modern italian. Therefore, I've read that "gli" means both "to him" / "to them".

          Is that right please?

          August 5, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gibbett

            That is correct, but because it can mean both in this situation, it's more likely that she is telling a man that she loves him. It should definitely be accepted though.

            June 4, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sharinglanguage

              That's what i answered but it was wrong.

              August 24, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Verlane.
              • 410

              Could also be "she tells him that she loves it"?

              May 3, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Laura964337

                She tells him that she loves him. Marked wrong. There are tons of little mistakes, I'm getting tired of reporting

                March 3, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AdamJuanMorton

                  Why are the "him"s different? Is it a matter of "she tells (to) him that she loves him [object]"?

                  June 12, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/xyphax

                    Correct. The first is indirect object, the second is direct object.

                    March 17, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ispirac

                      Hmmm, why isn't correct when I say "she says him that she loves it" why we have to use "she says to him..."

                      August 31, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/greenbajr

                        That is not good english either. I say you this. No, I tell you this.

                        February 27, 2014
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/badyan

                          Because it is not correct to use "says" without "to" in this context.

                          August 31, 2013
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jeffrey855877
                          • 1099

                          Actually, "says to him" is correct and good English. Nothing wrong there. I think Duo was expecting "that she loves him" not "loves it", although that's not wrong either. Given Duo's utter failure to provide context for learning, using "it" instead of "him" is correct also..

                          I'd report the sentence as you put it. It's perfectly good English.

                          June 25, 2018
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