{"id":16400,"date":"2023-07-24T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/non-categorizzato\/li-la\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:16:11","slug":"li-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/how-do-you-spell-that\/li-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Li or l\u00ec, la or l\u00e0?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">They have the same written form but have two different functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Li<\/strong> without accent is the plural masculine <em>pronoun<\/em> used with the <em>direct object<\/em> function:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Li<\/span> ho visti insieme al ristorante.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>La professoressa mi ha dato due libri. Devo legger<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">li<\/span> entrambi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Ho comprato i biglietti per il concerto ma non <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">li<\/span> ho mai ricevuti.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>L\u00ec<\/strong> with the accent instead is an <em>adverb of place<\/em> used to indicate a place far from the speaker and the listener:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>La tua borsa \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">l\u00ec<\/span>, vicino al tavolo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Non voglio andare<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"> l\u00ec<\/span>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Quel signore <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">l\u00ec<\/span> \u00e8 mio zio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The same rule is valid for <strong>la<\/strong> and <strong>l\u00e0<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>La<\/strong> without accent indicates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">the feminine singular definite article;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">the musical note;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">the feminine singular pronoun with function of direct object.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p>1. Ho comprato <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">la<\/span> macchina dei miei sogni.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>2. La sesta nota musicale \u00e8 <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">la<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>3. Maria non \u00e8 a casa, <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">la<\/span> trovi al bar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>L\u00e0<\/strong> with the accent is an <em>adverb of place<\/em> that indicates a place far from the speaker and the listener:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>La mia amica inglese sta pensando di tornare a vivere <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">l\u00e0<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se non trovi il tuo libro, prova a cercarlo <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">l\u00e0<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">L\u00e0<\/span> \u00e8 dove ho visto Marco per la prima volta.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Li or l\u00ec, la or l\u00e0?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-780\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"780\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Li o l\u00ec, la o l\u00e0?\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-759\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"759\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Li o l\u00ec, la o l\u00e0 esercizio\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Spelling doubts: una giornata a Cagliari<\/h3>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-758\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"758\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Dubbi ortografici: una giornata a Cagliari\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They have the same written form but have two different functions. Li without accent is the plural masculine pronoun used with the direct object function: Li ho visti insieme al ristorante. La professoressa mi ha dato due libri. Devo leggerli entrambi. Ho comprato i biglietti per il concerto ma non li ho mai ricevuti. L\u00ec with the accent instead is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-do-you-spell-that"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Li or l\u00ec, la or l\u00e0? - One World Italiano<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Both forms are correct. L\u00ec and l\u00e0 with the accent are adverbs of place. 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