gli
Italian
Alternative forms
- li (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before a consonant) /ʎi/, (before a vowel) /ʎ/
Article
Italian Definite Articles | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
masculine | il lo/l' |
i gli |
feminine | la/l' | le |
gli m pl (singular lo)
- Form of the article i (“the”) used before a vowel, impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, y, and z, and also with the plural noun dei (“gods”); the
- gli alberi ― the trees
- gli studenti ― the students
- gli gnomi ― the gnomes
- gli pneumatici ― the tires
- gli xilofoni ― the xylophones
- gli yogurt ― the yogurts
- gli zaini ― the backpacks
- gli dei ― the gods
Usage notes
Pronoun
gli f (plural gli)
- (dative, informal) her, to her
- ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tommaso Edlin (1725), page 98:
- […] ne prima altro fece, che ella s’ingegnò di veder Beltramo, & appreſſo nel coſpetto del Re venuta di gratia chieſe, che la ſua infermita gli moſtraſſe.
- Before aught else she studied to see Bertrand and next, presenting herself before the king, she prayed him of his favour to show her his ailment.
- […] ne prima altro fece, che ella s’ingegnò di veder Beltramo, & appreſſo nel coſpetto del Re venuta di gratia chieſe, che la ſua infermita gli moſtraſſe.
- Synonym: le
- Ho detto a Gianna che gli telefono domani.
- I told Gianna I'd call her tomorrow.
- ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tommaso Edlin (1725), page 98:
Usage notes
Pronoun
gli m pl or f pl
- (dative) them, to them
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gli.
- Gli parlerò. ― I'll talk to them.
Usage notes
See also
Italian personal pronouns
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
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Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | — | me | |||
second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | |||||
third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | lui, sé | |
f 1 | lei, Lei1 | la, l', La1, -la | le3, Le1, -le | lei, Lei1, sé | |||||
Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | — | noi | |||
second | —1 | voi, Voi1 | vi, v', -vi, Vi1 | voi, Voi1 | |||||
third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, -li | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | loro, Loro1, sé | |
f 1 | le, -le | ||||||||
1 | The feminine gender third person forms and second plural person forms are also used as formal terms of address referring to second singular person subjects, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Vi, Loro etc. to distinguish them. | ||||||||
2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | ||||||||
3 | In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard). |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German gliden
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡliː/
- Homophone: glid
Verb
gli (imperative gli, present tense glir, simple past glei, past participle glidd or glitt or glide)
References
- “gli” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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