"Lei gli dice che lo ama."

Translation: She tells him she loves him.

[CreyB]

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

[ackworth]

THANKS! It is gradually getting clearer.

[AdamJuanMorton]

Okay, thanks! Just wanted to make sure :)

[Theo639847]

OK, but why no le, because he I hope is a real man and not a neuter.

[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?

[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.

[BrettThoma3501]

I'm just a little confused, I thought gli was a plural article.

[Maggi991230]

Me too, I don't understand when to use li or gli

[Dan878472]

Many words in Italian do double duty. Besides being the definite article it also means to him and to them. It gets even more complicated with the double object pronouns but don’t go there yet.

[jadenemujer20.]

Any ideas on why its not "gli dice che l'ama"? And it is instead "lo ama" ?

[Matthias796781]

Same question here. For the standalone phrase "I love him" Duolingo will mark "lo amo" as wrong and only accept "l'amo".

[Verlane.]

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

[Roseanna223913]

help help help help help help help

[AdamJuanMorton]

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

[xyphax]

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

[TristanWin615075]

hol sum 100

[Justin581205]

This is the first time a sentence literally did not make sense to me. Like I was unable to put it together and still got it wrong. This is extremely different from English on this one.

[Laura964337]

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

[deactivated user]

It is accepted now - Dec 26, 2019.

However, my problem with this is: "She tells him" makes it a direct object as opposed to "She says to him", no? So the "Gli" can be "lo" as well, right?

[Francine236534]

I said "She says that she loves him" and it was marked wrong. I don't get it. Don't both statements mean the same thing? Sigh.....

[Mil533515]

Francine236534 "she says to him that she loves him" this is accepted by DL - is not the same as "she says she loves him". In the later case she could be saying that to anybody and not necessarily telling him.

[vancewithe1]

she says she loves him.
no?

[Roseanna223913]

anyone else having difficulty hearing gli from li ? no context. Just a shot in the dark