Ve la spiegherò più avanti.

English Translation

I’ll explain it to you later on.

I’d not come across “VE” before - the explanation says it’s a combination of “vi” and “la”.
That being the case, why does the sentence also have “la” on its own?
Doesn’t that make it “to you it it I will explain later” ?
I’d be grateful for your thoughts

Te la spiego adesso: If it says literally that, it’s wrong. “Ve” is the form of “vi” that is used in combination with other object pronouns, just as “ti” becomes “te” and “mi” becomes “me”, before “la” or “lo”.

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Grazie Morbrorper, spot on! You explain grammar so clearly, greatly appreciated.

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