Italian informal Imperative and pronouns

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In Italian, when we use informal imperative  in  positive senteces with a direct, indirect and double object pronouns and also with ci and ne, we use these pronouns and particles as  suffix and join them together to the imperative  forming a  single word. Example:   Guardalo!; Diteglielo!; Andiamoci!; Parlane! Parlagliene!
In the case which  the informal impierative is a monosyllable (like va’, da’, fa’, etc.), the pronouns (direct and indirect pronouns, but never with  double object pronouns) and particles double the initial consonant and it becomes: vacci, dallo, falla, etc.
Note!
With the indirect pronoun gli there is no double -g: digli, dagli  (but , on the contrary, dille, dalle).

In case of  informal  imperative in negative sentences, we have two possibilities:

  1. the pronoun or the  particle  precedes  the imperative, example:
    Il ristorante è pieno. Non ci andiamo!
    La frutta è troppo cara.  Non la comprare!
  2. the pronoun and the particle  is joined to the imperative as a suffix, example:
    Il ristorante è pieno! Non andiamoci!
    La frutta è troppo cara. Non comprarla!
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