100 Unit 14 Note the di ff erence between the two sentences ‘Non mi piace il ca ff è’ and ‘A me non piace il ca ff è’. The  fi rst simply states that I don’t like co ff ee, while the second puts the emphasis on the pronoun ‘me’, implying that there are people who do like co ff ee but I am not one of them. The same applies to the sentences ‘Mi sembra giusto’ and ‘A me sembra giusto’: the second sentence stresses the fact that there are other people who  don’t  think it’s fair. 3 As the above examples suggest, stressed direct and indirect object pro- nouns  cannot be used to refer to object s. When referring to objects, the noun has to be repeated (as is also generally the case in English): * When  su ,  sopra ,  dopo ,  contro  are used with a personal pronoun, the pro- noun is preceded by the preposition  di  (see Unit 8, paragraphs 9, 20). 5 The stressed forms are also always used when the verb has two pronoun direct or indirect objects, even where no emphasis is required: Ho visto te e lui in città.  [not  Ti e lo ho visto in città. ] Invito voi e loro.  [not  Vi e li invito. ] Scrive a te e a me.  [not  Ti e mi scrive. ] Regaliamo  fi ori a loro e a lei.  [not Gli e le regaliamo  fi ori. ] I saw you and him in town. I’m inviting you and them. He writes to you and me. We’re giving  fl owers to them and her. Vengo con Lei, Signora. Chi di loro non vuole venire? Puoi dormire da me, stasera. Faccio questo per te. Puoi contare su di me.* Dopo di te* ci sono io. Non ho nulla contro di voi.* I’m coming with you(, Madam). Which of them doesn’t want to come? You can sleep at my place tonight. I’m doing this for you. You can count on me. After you it’s me/my turn. I’ve got nothing against you. ‘Prendi la frutta e il dolce?’ ‘Prendo la frutta, ma non il dolce.’  [Not ‘Prendo lei, ma non lui.’ ] ‘Porti la chitarra e i CD?’ ‘Porto i CD ma non la chitarra.’  [Not ‘Porto loro ma non lei.’ ] ‘Are you having the fruit and the sweet?’ ‘I’m having the fruit, but not the sweet.’ ‘Are you bringing the guitar and the CDs?’ ‘I’ll bring the CDs, but not the guitar.’ [or, at a pinch, ‘I’ll bring them , but not  it .’] 4 The stressed forms of the object pronouns are used after all prepositions (see Unit 8), not just  a . This is true even when no emphasis is required: