| 7.2.1 Pronominal adverb ci 2 |
One question remains: What do we do, if the pronominal adverb
ci is combined with a pronoun, if we have a sentence like this.
The table shows all the existing possibilities.
| Summary |
| direct / reflexive object |
+ Pron. |
leads to |
examples (to stop / fermarsi is reflexive in Italian) |
| mi |
ci |
mi ci |
Mi ci sono fermato. => I have stopped there. |
|
| ti |
ti ci |
Ti ci sei fermato. => You have stopped there. |
|
| ci |
Vi ci |
Vi ci siamo fermati. => We have stopped there. |
|
| vi |
vi ci |
Vi ci siete fermati. => You have stopped there. |
|
| but: lo, la, le, li follows ci |
| ci |
direct objekt |
leads to |
| lo |
ce lo |
Ce lo vedo => I see him (mask./ sing.) there. |
|
| la |
ce la |
Ce la vedo => I see her (fem. / sing.) there. |
|
| li |
ce li |
Ce li vedo => I see them (mask./ plur.) there. |
|
| le |
ce le |
Ce le vedo => I see them(fem. / plur.) there. |
|
| pronominal adverb |
leads to |
| ne |
ce ne |
Ce ne sono molti. => There are a lot of them there. |
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