"Instead my mother recognized him right away."
Translation:Invece mia madre lo ha riconosciuto subito.
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you can write and say "Lo ha riconosciuto" and "L'ha riconosciuto" Both forms are accepted both in spoken and written italian.
Bio, that is what my grammar book says:
lo, la, mi, ti, vi may drop their final vowel before another vowel or the letter h. Ci may drop the -i only before e or i.
example given:
Roberto? L'ho visto ieri sera.
Robert? I saw him last night.
taken from: Italian Verbs and Essentials of Grammar' Carlo Graziano, 1987, p. 155
Yes, I was confirming your original statement with the rule from the book; sorry if I was unclear about that ;-)
Maybe you erroneously put the participle in feminine. It must be "riconosciuto", not "riconosciuta", since we are talking about a male person here (recognized him).
I don't think so. I think the contraction only happens with " la + word_that_starts_with_"A" "
Like "l'arancia"
Ok hmm, now I see your point. Let me look it up. ^__^
Doesn't seem to combine:
http://italian.about.com/od/pronouns/fl/unstressed-italian-pronouns-combined-forms.htm
