It translates 'myself included, yourself included'. Lei stessa ha ammesso di essere colpevole. It's the Italian translation of 'I myself, you yourself etc'. (A more practical example fails me at the moment, sorry.) Perfino lei sa che non possiamo attraversare la strada!Įven you know that we cannot cross the road! Lei perfino is rarely used and sounds odd in most contexts. Similar constructions to anche lei may also influence the position of the pronoun, such as perfino lei, 'even you, you even'. Lei perché non viene? / Perché non viene, lei? Perché lei non viene? Lei quando va via? / Quando va via lei? / Quando lei va via?

Lei come lo trova? / Come lo trova, lei? / Come lei lo trova? Lei dove lavora? / Dove lavora lei? Dove lei lavora? In WH questions, pronouns can be placed both at the beginning or at the end. You know we're talking about the first variant here, so I think there's no room for confusion! It's never capitalized in the written language, but it frequently is in language courses to help students distinguish the formal lei from lei, meaning she. You might ask yourself why I don't capitalize lei. This omission is not advisable however in the imperative form because it makes the sentence sound as an harsh order. Many times, lei is implied and is not written / pronounced at all. In the imperative form, however, lei is always placed at the end, unlike English. In these sentences, its position is the same as in English. If you're not sure of the grade of politeness required by the situation, just stick to the first example and let lei always come first! The verb remains in the second position. I'd say the latter form is slightly informal, but grammatically correct and used in the language.

Where you place it depends on your taste. In questions, you can put it either at the beginning of the sentence (unlike English), or at the end. When used as subject, lei is the first element. In the negative form, non is placed in between. In the affirmative and negative forms, the pronoun is placed just before the verb as it is normally in English.

Perfino meaning in italian