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How to Say ‘Giulia told me you love plants.’ in Italian

Giulia mi ha detto che ami le piante.

JOO-lyah mee ah DET-toh keh AH-mee leh PYAHN-teh

[JOO-lyah mee ah DET-toh keh AH-mee leh PYAHN-teh]

Phrase Breakdown

Giulia mi ha detto

JOO-lyah mee ah DET-toh

Giulia told me

Introduces something you heard from Giulia.

Example

Giulia mi ha detto di venire.

Giulia told me to come.

Words in this phrase

Giulia

[JOO-lyah]

Julia

A common Italian female first name.

Example

Giulia ha dieci anni.

Giulia is ten years old.

[mee]

to me

Indirect object pronoun meaning to me; used to express personal reaction.

Example

Nella frase Mi fa piacere, Mi indica la persona che prova la sensazione.

In the phrase 'Mi fa piacere,' 'Mi' indicates the person feeling the emotion.

[ah]

has

Auxiliary verb from 'avere', used to form the past tense.

Example

Mi ha scritto questa mattina dopo l'incontro.

He/She wrote to me this morning after the meeting.

detto

[DET-toh]

said

Past participle of 'dire', to say.

Example

Ho detto di no.

I said no.

che ami le piante.

keh AH-mee leh PYAHN-teh

that you love plants.

'Che' means 'that' here and sounds like 'keh'.

Example

So che ami le piante.

I know that you love plants.

Words in this phrase

che

[keh]

that

Used to identify a specific thing or person.

Example

Quello che lei fa è incredibile.

What she does is incredible.

ami

[AH-mee]

you love

Present 'tu' form of 'amare'.

Example

Ami la musica?

Do you love music?

[leh]

the

Plural feminine definite article, used before plural feminine nouns.

Example

Nella frase Le persone si aiutano, Le introduce il gruppo di colleghi.

In the phrase 'Le persone si aiutano,' 'Le' introduces the group of colleagues.

piante

[PYAHN-teh]

plants

Plural of 'pianta'.

Example

Innaffio le piante.

I water the plants.

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