Puoi contare su di lei.

English Translation

You can count on her.

Interesting note on this construction on Lucrezia’s podcast this week: As far as she is aware “contare” is the only verb that uses “verb + su + di,” and this only with personal pronouns.

So: you would say “Puoi contare sul direttore” but “Puoi contare su di me, di te, di lui, etc…”

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English Translation

You can rely on her.

Just today I came across this phrase :
“Non permetterò che tu abbia un simile potere su di me.”
(but I can’t think of any others)

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