"Lei non lo può credere."

Translation: She cannot believe it.

[Wookie1974]

I am trying to understand why this is not "She cannot believe him" ....lo is masculine....what am I missing?

[Muttley_]

The would be "Lei non gli può credere" = "credere a lui". One can believe something (I believe this is the right way), or believe in someone (I believe in him), except that in Italian you use "a" instead of "in" :-)

[Lawrence49]

But there is a difference between "believing in someone" and "believing someone". What would the Italian be for the latter?

[Muttley_]

'to believe in' translates as credere in (same preposition as in English)
'to believe someone' would be credere a.

[florinRS]

You are right, "believe him" should have been another option for the correct answer. They just simply didn't think about it

[Muttley_]

'Believe him' would be credere a lui. crederlo can only be 'believe it'.

[ziggKogg]

I also would like some clarification...

[Ruckelhaxan]

I truly cannot understand it either, because as you say lo is masculine. Not that I have fully comprehended when to use lo and when to use gli ... :-/

[Muttley_]

lo is masculine (or neutral) and it is a direct object. Ex. 'I know him' = lo conosco.
gli is masculine (or neutral) and it's an indirect object. Ex. 'I write to him' = gli scrivo

[osarpas]

'Non posso credere che non è burro'

[WillB_OU]

Would "lei non ci può credere" be correct?

[Muttley_]

To a certain extent, yes.

[ragazzambulante]

Can you tell me more about this? I've always heard "Non ci posso credere" and would like to know more about when you use "ci" and when you use "lo".

[marygbaker]

Why can't the translation be "She is not able to believe it." This was marked wrong but I don't see why.

[andersonweibel]

I wrote the same thing ... also do not understand why it is wrong.

[Reus_Zepp]

The other day I was watching a video on Youtube and someone said "non ci credo" then i went to google translate to look up what it means and it told me it means "I don't believe in that" Is that an accurate translation? If so, should I use it instead of "non lo posso credere"?

[professortall007]

another tongue twister!