{"id":14007,"date":"2015-05-12T18:57:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T09:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=14007"},"modified":"2021-08-25T06:03:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:03:39","slug":"the-versatile-italian-word-ne-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/the-versatile-italian-word-ne-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"The versatile Italian word &#8220;NE&#8221; &#8211; PODCAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>We can use the Italian word <em>NE<\/em> to express different\u00a0concepts.<\/h1>\n<p>The Italian word\u00a0NE is a &#8220;quasi-pronoun&#8221;. In fact, NE is more than a simple pronoun and has\u00a0<strong>three main functions<\/strong>. Let&#8217;s see them one by one and listen to the podcast.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1. NE as &#8220;partitivo&#8221;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Hai comprato il pane?<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>S\u00ec, l&#8217;ho comprato.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Quanto NE hai comprato?<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Ne<\/strong> ho comprato un chilo.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14007-1\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir2.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the first answer, we use an object pronoun. Did you buy bread? Yes I bought <strong>IT<\/strong>, &#8211; <strong>LO<\/strong> ho \u00a0(l&#8217;ho) comprato.\u00a0Then\u00a0she\u00a0wants to know how much bread. I bought one kilogram <strong>(of it) = NE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NE helps to identify the number of objects or the proportion of a part related to a whole. The use of NE always depends on nouns or adjectives defining a\u00a0quantity, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Un paio, un centinaio, una decina&#8230;<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Nouns describing a number a part a portion: dieci, met\u00e0, un quarto, un pezzo&#8230;<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Indefinite pronouns: qualche, tutto, niente, molti, parecchi, nessuno &#8230;<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">OTHER EXAMPLES<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Quanti figli hai? &#8211;\u00a0Ne ho due.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Ci sono tante zanzare? &#8211;\u00a0Stasera non ce ne sono.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Hai\u00a0dei biglietti della lotteria? &#8211;\u00a0Ne ho comprati tre.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Avete dei francobolli? &#8211;\u00a0S\u00ec, quanti ne vuole?<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Quanti anni ha tua nonna? &#8211;\u00a0Ne ha novanta!<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Vuoi un caff\u00e8? &#8211;\u00a0No, ne ho gi\u00e0 bevuti tre.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Quanti soldi ti servono? &#8211;\u00a0Me ne servono molti.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Vuoi un panino? &#8211;\u00a0Ne voglio solo met\u00e0.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14007-2\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir3.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir3.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2. NE as &#8220;motion from a place&#8221;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>A che ora sei andato in ufficio? &#8211;\u00a0Ci sono andato alle otto.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>A che ora sei uscito? &#8211;\u00a0Ne\u00a0sono uscito alle 5 di sera.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14007-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir4.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir4.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>This use of NE (example B) is related to its Latin origin <em>INDE,\u00a0<\/em>similar to the English <em>Thence, <\/em>&#8220;from there&#8221;, <strong>NE = da l\u00ec.\u00a0<\/strong>It&#8217;s possible but\u00a0rather unusual in spoken Italian. It is instead of common use <a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2014\/09\/verbi-pronominali-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when NE reinforces idioms<\/a>. For example: ANDARSE<strong>NE<\/strong> =\u00a0<em>Sono stanco, me <strong>ne<\/strong> vado &#8211; I&#8217;m tired, I hit the road (lit. I get myself away <strong>from here<\/strong>).<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">3. NE as &#8220;specification&#8221;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Avete parlato di calcio? &#8211;\u00a0S\u00ec, ne abbiamo parlato.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Sai\u00a0qualcosa di Claudio? &#8211;\u00a0Non ne so niente.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14007-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir5.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir5.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prondir5.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>When we <strong>talk \/ think \/ about something or someone<\/strong>\u00a0(using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2015\/03\/italian-course-beginners-prepositions-di-da-podcast-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preposition DI<\/a>\u00a0= of\/about\/&#8217;s) we can use NE as a pronoun<i>. <\/i>In other words, NE is the equivalent of &#8220;of\/about it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So, the example <strong>A<\/strong> goes: Did you talk about football? &#8211; Yes, we talked about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B\u00a0<\/strong>Do you know anything about Claudio? &#8211; I know nothing <strong>about him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all, <em>\u00e8 tutto<\/em>. Thanks for reading and listening. A presto!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can use the Italian word NE to express different\u00a0concepts. The Italian word\u00a0NE is a &#8220;quasi-pronoun&#8221;. In fact, NE is more than a simple pronoun and has\u00a0three main functions. Let&#8217;s see them one by one and listen to the podcast. 1. NE as &#8220;partitivo&#8221; Hai comprato il pane? S\u00ec, l&#8217;ho comprato. Quanto NE hai comprato? &#8230; <a title=\"The versatile Italian word &#8220;NE&#8221; &#8211; PODCAST\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/the-versatile-italian-word-ne-podcast\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The versatile Italian word &#8220;NE&#8221; &#8211; PODCAST\">Read more \u226b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10020,"featured_media":14010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[245,980,264],"class_list":["post-14007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lingua","tag-ne","tag-particella-pronominale","tag-pronomi","no-featured-image-padding","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}