Se sapessi la verità gliela direi.

English Translation

If I knew the truth, I would tell him.

Hi. I wonder why this does not read “Se sapessi la verità glieLO direi”.

Edit: Ops, just realised la refers to la verità and not to “him”.

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@Floria7 I see you found the answer yourself.

You could say “glielo direi”, but in that case it would mean “If I knew the truth, I would tell him (that I know the truth)”, not “If I knew the truth, I would tell him the truth”.

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Ciao @mike-lima I was so excited to think I’d found a hitch in clitics and then I suddenly realised. You summed up my thinking perfectly for “glielo direi”.

A dopo…

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