Meaning
to him/her/them of it/them
- of it/them to him/her/it/them
- about it/them to him/her/it/them
In a sentence
Gliene ho parlato ieri, ma era stanco.
I talked to him about it yesterday, but he was tired.
Quanti biscotti vuole? Gliene porto due.
How many cookies do you want? I'll bring you two of them.
Non gliene parlare, per favore.
Don't talk to him about it, please.
Usage notes
- Gliene combines gli/le/loro + ne. In modern speech, gli often replaces le and loro before ne, especially informally.
- Use glielo/gliela/glieli/gliele when a direct object is stated. Use gliene when the thing is expressed by ne instead.
- With past participles, agreement may appear with ne in careful Italian, but many speakers leave the participle unchanged in everyday speech.