Indirect Object Pronouns
Indirect object pronouns differ from direct object pronouns in that indirect object pronouns answer the question to whom? or for whom? They are thus used with verbs which can answer these questions (transitive verbs). Examples of these verbs in English are to give or to take. Have a look at the following examples showing direct and indirect objects in italics: Direct | Indirect |
| I brought the letter. |
I brought my friend the letter. I brought the letter for my friend. I brought the letter to my friend. |
As you can see in the examples above, in English, an indirect object can either stand by itself, or be preceded by to or for.
Italian indirect object pronouns differ from direct object pronouns only in the third-person singular and plural. The following table shows all the direct object pronouns and their English equivalents.