Also means
the
Usage Note
As a pronoun gli is the indirect object 'to him' (gli parlo, 'I speak to him'), and informally it also stands in for 'to them'. The identical gli is the masculine plural article used before vowels or s+consonant, as in gli amici.
Examples
"Gli ho dato il libro."
Natural Translation
I gave him the book.
Literal Translation
To-him I-have given the book.

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