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Sentence

Le ho detto che la amo.

Translation

I told her that I love her.

Notes

ho detto = past tense of the verb dire (to tell), formed by adding the past participle of the verb dire (detto) 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
detto
     1. v. past participle of dire (feminine: detta, masculine plural: detti, feminine plural: dette)
     2. v. past participle of dirsi
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of dettare
     4. adj. known as, called
     5. adj. above-mentioned, aforementioned, said
     6. n. saying
     dettare
          1. v. To dictate, prompt
     dire
          1. v. to say, tell
          2. v. to recite
          3. v. to mean
          4. v. to think
          5. v. to admit
che
     1. pron. (interrogative) what
     2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case)
     3. conj. that
     4. conj. than
     5. conj. when
     6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!)
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)
amo
     1. n. hook
     2. n. (figurative) bait
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of amare
     amare
          1. v. to love, to like
          2. adj. feminine plural of amaro




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