UNIT THIRTEEN Direct and indirect object pronouns (2) 1 When a direct object pronoun is used with a verb in the present perfect (or any other compound tense), the past participle must agree in gender and number with the pronoun: Particular care must be taken when the gender is not shown in the pronoun, as in the last three examples. Note that when the polite form is used, the past participle always agrees with the feminine pronoun  La , not with the gender of the person being spoken to: ‘Hai invitato Anna e Sara?’ ‘Sì,  le ho invitat e. ’ ‘Avete portato i libri?’ ‘Sì,  li abbiamo portat i. ’ Ho comprato delle rose e  le ho dat e  a Luisa. ‘Chi ha scritto questa musica?’ ‘ L’ ha scritt a  Bob Marley.’ ‘Dove hai comprato quelle scarpe?’ ‘ Le  ho comprat e  al mercato.’ Ho 25 compagni di classe e  li  ho invitat i  tutti alla mia festa di compleanno. Non  ci  hanno invitat i  alla festa. Mauro  mi  ha accompagnat a  alla stazione. Ti  hanno invitat a ? ‘Did you invite Anna and Sara?’ ‘Ye s, I invited them.’ ‘Have you brought the books?’ ‘Ye s, we’ve brought them.’ I bought some roses and gave them to Luisa. ‘Who wrote this music?’ ‘Bob Marley wrote it.’ ‘Where did you buy those shoes?’ ‘I bought them at the market.’ I have 25 classmates and I’ve invited all of them to my birthday party. They didn’t invite us to the party. [we are all males, or mixed males and females] Mauro took me to the station. [the speaker is female] Did they invite you? [the person addressed is female]