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How to Say ‘Can you send me the slides?’ in Italian

Puoi mandarmi le slide?

PWOY mahn-DAHR-mee leh SLY-d

[PWOY mahn-DAHR-mee leh SLY-d]

💬 Usage Tip: mi "me" attaches to the end of mandare "to send", which drops its last e to become mandarmi. The same pattern gives puoi aiutarmi? "can you help me?"

🇮🇹 In Italy: Italians borrow slide from English but don't add an s in the plural: le slide, i computer, le email.

Phrase Breakdown

Puoi mandarmi

PWOY mahn-DAHR-mee

Can you send me

'Mandarmi' = 'mandare' + 'mi' (to me), joined as one word. Stress man-DAR-mi.

Example

Puoi mandarmi un messaggio?

Can you send me a message?

Words in this phrase

Puoi

[PWOY]

you can

Informal 'you' form of potere (can).

Example

Puoi aiutarmi?

Can you help me?

mandarmi

[mahn-DAHR-mee]

send me

Infinitive 'mandare' (to send) with 'mi' (to me) attached.

Example

Puoi mandarmi il file?

Can you send me the file?

le slide?

leh SLY-d

the slides?

'Slide' is an English loanword. It stays the same in the plural, and Italians say it like English 'slide'.

Example

Ho finito le slide.

I finished the slides.

Words in this phrase

[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.

slide

[SLY-d]

slides

English loanword for presentation slides; doesn't change in plural.

Example

Ho preparato dieci slide.

I prepared ten slides.

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