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Sentence

Le ho dato la lettera.

Translation

I gave the letter to her.

Notes

ho dato = past tense of the verb dare (to give), formed by adding the past participle of the verb dare to the present indicative of the auxiliary verb avere (ho)



Analysis


Le
     1. pron. (formal) alternative case form of le (you)
     2. art. the
     3. pron. (accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)
     4. pron. (dative) her, to her
     5. pron. (dative) you, to you (term of respect)
ho
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avere (I have)
     avere
          1. v. to have
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have
          3. n. property, substance
          4. n. (in the plural) belongings
          5. n. credit, assets
          6. n. swag
dato
     1. v. masculine singular past participle of dare
     2. v. first-person singular present of datare
     3. n. datum (item of data)
     4. n. fact
     5. n. evidence, proof
     dare
          1. v. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else
          2. v. to yield, to bear, to give, to produce, to return
          3. n. debit
     datare
          1. v. to date (something)
          2. v. datare da
          3. v. (intransitive) to date back to
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. (accusative) her, it
     3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     4. n. (music) la (musical note)
     5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
lettera
     1. n. letter (all senses)




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