{"id":60826,"date":"2026-05-28T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=60826"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:54:23","slug":"italian-ci-locative-prepositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-ci-locative-prepositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Ci Camminava Sopra: Ci + Locative (B1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd0d <strong>In short.<\/strong> <strong>Italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> is a quiet trick English speakers rarely notice at first: when a sentence already mentions a place, Italian replaces the place noun with the small word <em>ci<\/em>, parks it before the verb, and leaves the spatial preposition stranded at the end. <em>Camminava sopra la pietra<\/em> becomes <em>ci camminava sopra<\/em>. <em>Passa davanti al palazzo<\/em> becomes <em>ci passa davanti<\/em>. <em>Entr\u00f2 dentro la grotta<\/em> becomes <em>ci entr\u00f2 dentro<\/em>. This pattern of <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> is the natural way Italians avoid repeating a location they have just named, and it surfaces in conversation every few minutes. Get comfortable with <em>ci sopra<\/em>, <em>ci sotto<\/em>, <em>ci dentro<\/em>, <em>ci dietro<\/em>, <em>ci davanti<\/em>, <em>ci contro<\/em>, and a huge slice of everyday spoken Italian opens up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide covers the rule, the six spatial prepositions that take this construction, what happens with infinitives and compound tenses, the shift from <em>ci<\/em> to <em>ce<\/em> when another pronoun joins, and a Tropea dialogue between Cassia and Ernesto on the belvedere over the red-onion fields. You will leave with the reflex to drop a clean <em>ci passo davanti<\/em> instead of repeating the whole place name.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-toc-cilp\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cosa impareremo oggi<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffb Jump to section<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#one-liner\">The one-liner rule for italian ci with prepositions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#six-preps\">The six italian ci with prepositions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how-it-works\">How italian ci with prepositions works step by step<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#infinitive\">Italian ci with prepositions and infinitives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#compound\">Italian ci with prepositions in compound tenses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ce\">Italian ci with prepositions plus a second pronoun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#vs-li\">Italian ci with prepositions vs l\u00ec sopra: stress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#five-traps\">Five traps with italian ci with prepositions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cheat-sheet\">Cheat sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#dialogue\">Italian ci with prepositions in dialogue at the Tropea belvedere<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mini-challenge\">Mini-challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#related\">Related guides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#quiz\">Quiz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"one-liner\">The one-liner rule for italian ci with prepositions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a place has already been named, swap the place noun for <em>ci<\/em>, park <em>ci<\/em> next to the verb, and leave the spatial preposition where it was. The result is a tight construction like <em>ci passo davanti<\/em> (&#8220;I pass in front of it&#8221;), <em>ci abita sopra<\/em> (&#8220;he lives above it&#8221;), <em>ci dorme dentro<\/em> (&#8220;she sleeps inside it&#8221;). The small word <em>ci<\/em> stands for the location you just mentioned, the way English would use &#8220;it&#8221; after the preposition. The big difference is that English keeps everything in one block (&#8220;in front of it&#8221;), while Italian splits the unit in two: the pronoun runs to the verb, the preposition stays behind. This is the heart of <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>: the noun becomes <em>ci<\/em>, the preposition stays behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"six-preps\">The six italian ci with prepositions: sopra, sotto, dentro, dietro, davanti, contro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six spatial words play the <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> game regularly: <em>sopra<\/em> (on, above), <em>sotto<\/em> (under), <em>dentro<\/em> (inside), <em>dietro<\/em> (behind), <em>davanti<\/em> (in front), and <em>contro<\/em> (against). A seventh, <em>su<\/em>, sometimes joins when the meaning is figurative (&#8220;to mull it over&#8221;: <em>ci rimugino su<\/em>). All of them follow the same blueprint with <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>: the pronoun goes to the verb, the spatial word stays at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Il muretto \u00e8 basso. Cassia <strong>ci si appoggia sopra<\/strong> per guardare il mare. <em>The little wall is low. Cassia leans on it to look at the sea.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>L&#8217;ombrellone \u00e8 grande. Ernesto <strong>ci dorme sotto<\/strong> tutto il pomeriggio. <em>The beach umbrella is big. Ernesto sleeps under it the whole afternoon.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>La grotta \u00e8 fresca. I ragazzi <strong>ci nuotano dentro<\/strong> da giugno. <em>The cave is cool. The kids have been swimming in it since June.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Quella casa abbandonata? <strong>Ci passiamo davanti<\/strong> ogni mattina. <em>That abandoned house? We pass in front of it every morning.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Il portone \u00e8 chiuso. Cassia <strong>ci si lancia contro<\/strong> per scherzo. <em>The big door is shut. Cassia throws herself against it as a joke.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>L&#8217;auto \u00e8 parcheggiata male. <strong>Ci giriamo dietro<\/strong> per fare due passi. <em>The car is parked badly. We walk around behind it for a stroll.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notice how natural the rhythm becomes with <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>. The first sentence names the location (<em>il muretto<\/em>, <em>l&#8217;ombrellone<\/em>, <em>la grotta<\/em>); the second sentence reaches for <em>ci<\/em> plus a spatial word and lets the action fly. Repeating the noun would sound clumsy in everyday Italian, as if you had not yet noticed the listener was already with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-it-works\">How italian ci with prepositions works step by step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To build <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>, take the full sentence with the place noun, then peel it apart. Start with: <em>Cassia cammina sopra la scalinata<\/em> (&#8220;Cassia walks on the staircase&#8221;). Step one: identify the location, <em>la scalinata<\/em>. Step two: replace it with <em>ci<\/em>. Step three: move <em>ci<\/em> to the spot right before the verb, since <em>ci<\/em> is a small attached pronoun and must hug the verb. Step four: leave the preposition <em>sopra<\/em> stranded where the noun used to sit. Result: <em>Cassia ci cammina sopra<\/em> (&#8220;Cassia walks on it&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ernesto entra <strong>dentro la cantina<\/strong>. \u2192 Ernesto <strong>ci entra dentro<\/strong>. <em>Ernesto goes inside the cellar. \u2192 Ernesto goes inside it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I bambini saltano <strong>sopra il letto<\/strong>. \u2192 I bambini <strong>ci saltano sopra<\/strong>. <em>The kids jump on the bed. \u2192 The kids jump on it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cassia mette il libro <strong>sotto la sedia<\/strong>. \u2192 Cassia <strong>ci mette il libro sotto<\/strong>. <em>Cassia puts the book under the chair. \u2192 Cassia puts the book under it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Passiamo <strong>davanti al palazzo<\/strong>. \u2192 <strong>Ci passiamo davanti<\/strong>. <em>We pass in front of the building. \u2192 We pass in front of it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Hanno appoggiato la bici <strong>contro il muro<\/strong>. \u2192 <strong>Ci hanno appoggiato la bici contro<\/strong>. <em>They leaned the bike against the wall. \u2192 They leaned the bike against it.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> works best when the location is already on the table, mentioned a line earlier or visible in context. If the listener does not know what <em>ci<\/em> refers to, the sentence fails: nobody will guess. That is why this pattern shines in conversation, where context flows from one sentence to the next, and feels less natural in cold writing where each idea needs a full noun.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-task-cilp-1\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Mini-challenge:<\/strong> Rewrite each sentence replacing the place noun with the <em>ci<\/em> + preposition pattern.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cassia si siede sopra la panchina.<\/li>\n<li>Ernesto passa davanti alla chiesa.<\/li>\n<li>I turisti scendono dentro la grotta.<\/li>\n<li>Il gatto dorme sotto il tavolo.<\/li>\n<li>I bambini corrono dietro alla macchina.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<details><summary><strong>\ud83d\udc49 Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Cassia <strong>ci si siede sopra<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Ernesto <strong>ci passa davanti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>3. I turisti <strong>ci scendono dentro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>4. Il gatto <strong>ci dorme sotto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>5. I bambini <strong>ci corrono dietro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"infinitive\">Italian ci with prepositions and infinitives: camminarci sopra, passarci davanti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the verb sits in the infinitive, <em>ci<\/em> moves to its other legal home: stuck to the end of the verb. The infinitive drops its final <em>-e<\/em>, <em>ci<\/em> attaches, and the spatial preposition still stays at the end. So <em>per camminare sopra la scalinata<\/em> becomes <em>per camminarci sopra<\/em>. <em>Vorrei passare davanti al palazzo<\/em> becomes <em>vorrei passarci davanti<\/em>. This applies after modal verbs (<em>posso<\/em>, <em>devo<\/em>, <em>voglio<\/em>), after <em>per + infinitive<\/em> (&#8220;in order to&#8221;), after <em>senza<\/em>, <em>prima di<\/em>, and in commands.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quella panchina \u00e8 bagnata, \u00e8 meglio non <strong>sederci sopra<\/strong>. <em>That bench is wet, it&#8217;s better not to sit on it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cassia vuole <strong>tornarci dentro<\/strong> a riprendere il cappello. <em>Cassia wants to go back inside (it) to fetch her hat.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Per <strong>passarci davanti<\/strong> bisogna girare a sinistra. <em>To pass in front of it you have to turn left.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ernesto preferisce <strong>dormirci sotto<\/strong>, l&#8217;ombrellone \u00e8 grande. <em>Ernesto prefers to sleep under it, the umbrella is large.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Non <strong>appoggiarti contro<\/strong>! La parete \u00e8 appena verniciata. \u2192 <strong>Non appoggiarcisi contro!<\/strong> <em>Don&#8217;t lean against it! The wall has just been painted.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a modal, both positions are open for <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>: <em>ci voglio passare davanti<\/em> or <em>voglio passarci davanti<\/em>. Both are correct and both are heard. The spoken language slightly prefers the second (attached to the infinitive); careful writing accepts either. Pick whichever rolls off your tongue more smoothly and stick with it inside the same sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"compound\">Italian ci with prepositions in compound tenses: ci sono passato davanti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> in the <em>passato prossimo<\/em> and other compound tenses, the small <em>ci<\/em> hops to its usual spot in front of the auxiliary, and the spatial preposition still stays at the end. The participle agrees with the subject only if the verb takes <em>essere<\/em> (motion, change). So <em>Ernesto \u00e8 passato davanti al palazzo<\/em> becomes <em>Ernesto ci \u00e8 passato davanti<\/em>; <em>Cassia ha camminato sopra la pietra<\/em> becomes <em>Cassia ci ha camminato sopra<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cassia <strong>ci \u00e8 entrata dentro<\/strong> per cercare il telefono. <em>Cassia went inside (it) to look for her phone.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ernesto <strong>ci ha dormito sotto<\/strong> tutto il pomeriggio. <em>Ernesto slept under it the whole afternoon.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I bambini <strong>ci sono saltati sopra<\/strong> ridendo. <em>The kids jumped on it laughing.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Non <strong>ci siamo passati davanti<\/strong>, abbiamo preso l&#8217;altra strada. <em>We didn&#8217;t pass in front of it, we took the other road.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>La bici <strong>ci \u00e8 rimasta appoggiata contro<\/strong> tutta la notte. <em>The bike stayed leaning against it the whole night.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The split between <em>ci<\/em> and the spatial word can feel odd at first, with the participle and sometimes an object pronoun wedged in between. Italians do not feel the gap because <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> is so familiar that the brain reads them together. Listen for the construction in podcasts and films: <em>ci sono passato davanti mille volte<\/em>, <em>ce ne \u00e8 caduta sopra un po&#8217;<\/em>, <em>ci abbiamo provato sotto la pioggia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ce\">Italian ci with prepositions plus a second pronoun: ce lo nascosero sotto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>, when another small pronoun (<em>lo<\/em>, <em>la<\/em>, <em>li<\/em>, <em>le<\/em>, <em>ne<\/em>) joins the chain, <em>ci<\/em> changes its vowel to <em>e<\/em> and becomes <em>ce<\/em>. The order is always <em>ce<\/em> + object pronoun + verb + spatial preposition. So <em>nascosero il regalo sotto il sasso<\/em> becomes <em>ce lo nascosero sotto<\/em>: <em>ce<\/em> stands for the sasso, <em>lo<\/em> stands for the present, the verb sits in the middle, <em>sotto<\/em> closes the line.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cassia ha messo le chiavi sotto il vaso. \u2192 Cassia <strong>ce le ha messe sotto<\/strong>. <em>Cassia put the keys under the vase. \u2192 Cassia put them under it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ernesto ha appoggiato la bici contro il muro. \u2192 Ernesto <strong>ce l&#8217;ha appoggiata contro<\/strong>. <em>Ernesto leaned the bike against the wall. \u2192 Ernesto leaned it against it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Hanno nascosto i soldi dentro il cassetto. \u2192 <strong>Ce li hanno nascosti dentro<\/strong>. <em>They hid the money in the drawer. \u2192 They hid it in it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cassia ha lasciato il telo sopra la sabbia. \u2192 Cassia <strong>ce l&#8217;ha lasciato sopra<\/strong>. <em>Cassia left the towel on the sand. \u2192 Cassia left it on it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ho messo del sale sopra le cipolle. \u2192 <strong>Ce ne ho messo sopra<\/strong>. <em>I put some salt on the onions. \u2192 I put some on them.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>, the vowel change from <em>ci<\/em> to <em>ce<\/em> is automatic and happens before every direct-object pronoun and before <em>ne<\/em>. There is no thinking involved: the moment a second small pronoun appears, the <em>i<\/em> turns into <em>e<\/em>. The same rule shows up everywhere <em>ci<\/em> meets another pronoun, not just in <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>, so it is one of those tiny mechanical shifts worth memorizing once and forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vs-li\">Italian ci with prepositions vs l\u00ec sopra: stress and emphasis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>, Italian also has <em>l\u00ec sopra<\/em>, <em>l\u00ec sotto<\/em>, <em>l\u00e0 dentro<\/em>, <em>qui davanti<\/em>, full stressed adverbial phrases that point to a location with a small finger gesture. They overlap in meaning with <em>ci sopra<\/em>, <em>ci sotto<\/em>, but they carry stronger emphasis and almost always come with a pointing flavour: the speaker is gesturing, the listener has to look. <em>Ci<\/em>, by contrast, is quiet, attached to the verb, and assumes the location is already shared between speaker and listener.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vedi quella roccia? <strong>L\u00ec sopra<\/strong> nidificano i gabbiani. <em>See that rock? Up there the seagulls nest. (pointing, emphatic)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Conosci quella roccia? I gabbiani <strong>ci nidificano sopra<\/strong> da sempre. <em>You know that rock? Seagulls have always nested on it. (already shared)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Qui davanti<\/strong> c&#8217;\u00e8 una piazza bellissima. <em>Right here in front there&#8217;s a beautiful square. (pointing)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Conosco il palazzo, <strong>ci passo davanti<\/strong> ogni giorno. <em>I know the building, I pass in front of it every day. (shared reference)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A handy test: if you could substitute &#8220;there&#8221; (pointing) in English, the stressed <em>l\u00ec sopra<\/em>\/<em>l\u00e0 dentro<\/em> works. If you would say &#8220;on it&#8221; or &#8220;in front of it&#8221; because the listener already knows which &#8220;it&#8221;, reach for <em>ci sopra<\/em>, <em>ci davanti<\/em>, the natural choice with <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"five-traps\">Five traps with italian ci with prepositions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These five mistakes are the most common with <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>. Fix them and your spoken Italian jumps a level. Mastering <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> means knowing the traps as well as the rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"trap-1\">Trap 1: Translating &#8220;in front of it&#8221; word by word as &#8220;davanti di lui&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>, the English &#8220;in front of it&#8221; looks like it should map to <em>davanti di lui<\/em> or <em>davanti di esso<\/em>. Italians do not say this. The natural form is <em>ci passa davanti<\/em>, with the location swallowed into <em>ci<\/em>. The stressed alternative would be <em>passa davanti ad esso<\/em> (formal, written, rare). In real speech: <em>ci<\/em>, always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"trap-2\">Trap 2: Forgetting to strand the preposition at the end<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>, a frequent slip is <em>ci sopra cammina<\/em> instead of <em>ci cammina sopra<\/em>. The spatial word does not travel with <em>ci<\/em>: it stays behind, where the noun used to be. <em>Ci<\/em> hugs the verb, the preposition holds its old spot. Reread the sentence aloud: if the preposition is not at the end, the construction is broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"trap-3\">Trap 3: Forgetting that ci becomes ce before another pronoun<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ci lo hanno nascosto sotto<\/em> is wrong. The moment a direct-object pronoun (<em>lo<\/em>, <em>la<\/em>, <em>li<\/em>, <em>le<\/em>) or <em>ne<\/em> joins, the <em>i<\/em> becomes <em>e<\/em>: <em>ce lo hanno nascosto sotto<\/em>. This is the same rule that produces <em>ce la faccio<\/em>, <em>me ne vado<\/em>, the typical small-pronoun vowel shifts of Italian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"trap-4\">Trap 4: Repeating the noun when context is already clear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have just mentioned a panchina, do not say <em>mi siedo sopra la panchina<\/em> again in the next sentence. Reach for <em>mi ci siedo sopra<\/em>. Native ears notice the repetition and read it as foreign or robotic. The point of <em>ci<\/em> is exactly to avoid restating the obvious, the same way English would say &#8220;on it&#8221; instead of &#8220;on the bench&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"trap-5\">Trap 5: Using ci when the location has not been introduced<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of nowhere, <em>ci passo davanti<\/em> sounds incomplete: the listener has no idea what &#8220;it&#8221; refers to. The construction works only when the place is already on the table, named in the previous sentence or made obvious by the situation. If you open with this sentence, name the place first: <em>il palazzo \u00e8 alto, ci passo davanti ogni giorno<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-task-cilp-2\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Mini-challenge:<\/strong> Fix the mistake in each sentence.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cassia ci sopra cammina con prudenza.<\/li>\n<li>Quella panchina \u00e8 bagnata, non ci lo metto sopra il libro.<\/li>\n<li>Ho appoggiato la bici sotto.<\/li>\n<li>Ernesto ci entra in la cantina.<\/li>\n<li>I bambini ci dietro corrono.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<details><summary><strong>\ud83d\udc49 Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Cassia <strong>ci cammina sopra<\/strong> con prudenza. (preposizione in fondo)<\/p>\n<p>2. Quella panchina \u00e8 bagnata, non <strong>ce lo metto sopra<\/strong> il libro. (ci \u2192 ce davanti a lo)<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Ci ho appoggiato la bici sotto<\/strong>. (servono ci + sotto)<\/p>\n<p>4. Ernesto <strong>ci entra dentro<\/strong>. (no in la, ci sostituisce la cantina + dentro resta in fondo)<\/p>\n<p>5. I bambini <strong>ci corrono dietro<\/strong>. (preposizione in fondo, non in mezzo)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cheat-sheet\">Cheat sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One table, the whole pattern for <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>. Keep it open while you build sentences with <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Preposition<\/th><th>Pattern<\/th><th>Italian example<\/th><th>English<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>sopra<\/td><td>ci + verb + sopra<\/td><td>Ci cammino sopra.<\/td><td>I walk on it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>sotto<\/td><td>ci + verb + sotto<\/td><td>Ci dormo sotto.<\/td><td>I sleep under it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>dentro<\/td><td>ci + verb + dentro<\/td><td>Ci entro dentro.<\/td><td>I go inside it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>dietro<\/td><td>ci + verb + dietro<\/td><td>Ci giriamo dietro.<\/td><td>We walk behind it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>davanti<\/td><td>ci + verb + davanti<\/td><td>Ci passo davanti.<\/td><td>I pass in front of it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>contro<\/td><td>ci + verb + contro<\/td><td>Ci si appoggia contro.<\/td><td>One leans against it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Infinitive<\/td><td>verbo + ci + prep<\/td><td>camminarci sopra, passarci davanti<\/td><td>to walk on it, to pass in front of it<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Passato prossimo<\/td><td>ci + auxiliary + participle + prep<\/td><td>Ci sono passato davanti.<\/td><td>I passed in front of it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>With lo\/la\/li\/le\/ne<\/td><td>ce + pron + verb + prep<\/td><td>Ce lo nascosero sotto.<\/td><td>They hid it under it.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Emphatic alternative<\/td><td>l\u00ec\/l\u00e0 + prep<\/td><td>L\u00ec sopra nidificano i gabbiani.<\/td><td>Up there the seagulls nest.<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dialogue\">Italian ci with prepositions in dialogue at the Tropea belvedere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following dialogue shows <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> in action. Cassia and Ernesto have walked up to the belvedere of Tropea, the cliff terrace that overlooks the famous red-onion fields sloping down to the sea. They are catching their breath at the railing, deciding where to head next. Listen to how often <em>ci<\/em> plus a spatial word does the work that English would do with &#8220;on it&#8221;, &#8220;in front of it&#8221;, &#8220;under it&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dialog-cilp\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83e\uddb1 <strong>Cassia:<\/strong> Guarda il muretto, \u00e8 basso. Ci si appoggia sopra benissimo per fotografare il mare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb3 <strong>Ernesto:<\/strong> Attenta, \u00e8 di tufo vecchio. L&#8217;anno scorso mio cugino ci si \u00e8 seduto sopra e una pietra \u00e8 caduta gi\u00f9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83e\uddb1 <strong>Cassia:<\/strong> Allora resto in piedi. Vedi quel campo di cipolle rosse l\u00e0 in basso? Mio zio ci lavorava dentro da ragazzo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb3 <strong>Ernesto:<\/strong> Le cipolle di Tropea, le migliori. D&#8217;estate ci passano davanti i turisti con la macchina fotografica, una processione.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83e\uddb1 <strong>Cassia:<\/strong> E quella scalinata che scende alla spiaggia? Ci vogliamo camminare sopra noi?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb3 <strong>Ernesto:<\/strong> Possiamo, ma sono duecento gradini. Ce ne sono parecchi consumati, devi farci attenzione sotto i piedi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83e\uddb1 <strong>Cassia:<\/strong> Va bene, ci scendiamo gi\u00f9 piano piano. E in spiaggia c&#8217;\u00e8 un ombrellone libero?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb3 <strong>Ernesto:<\/strong> Ne ho prenotato uno. Ci dormo sotto dopo pranzo, tu fa&#8217; quello che vuoi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83e\uddb1 <strong>Cassia:<\/strong> Io vado a vedere la grotta sotto la rupe. Da bambina ci nuotavo dentro, mi sembrava enorme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb3 <strong>Ernesto:<\/strong> Bada al portone della grotta, c&#8217;\u00e8 una rete sopra. I bambini ci si arrampicano sopra e si fanno male.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83e\uddb1 <strong>Cassia:<\/strong> Tranquillo, ci passo davanti e basta. Magari ci faccio una foto sotto, con la luce del pomeriggio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb3 <strong>Ernesto:<\/strong> Perfetto. Allora ci vediamo al chiosco delle granite verso le quattro.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to notice in the dialogue<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ci si appoggia sopra<\/strong>: <em>ci<\/em> stands for il muretto, <em>sopra<\/em> closes the line. The reflexive <em>si<\/em> sits between.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci si \u00e8 seduto sopra<\/strong>: same pattern in the past, with <em>essere<\/em> as auxiliary because <em>sedersi<\/em> is reflexive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci lavorava dentro<\/strong>: imperfect, <em>ci<\/em> for il campo, <em>dentro<\/em> at the end.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci passano davanti i turisti<\/strong>: <em>ci<\/em> for the cipolle \/ il campo, the subject moves to the end for spoken emphasis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci vogliamo camminare sopra<\/strong>: with a modal, <em>ci<\/em> can sit before <em>volere<\/em>. The infinitive form <em>camminarci sopra<\/em> would work too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Farci attenzione sotto<\/strong>: idiom <em>fare attenzione<\/em> with <em>ci<\/em> + <em>sotto<\/em>, the spatial word at the end.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci dormo sotto<\/strong>: <em>ci<\/em> for l&#8217;ombrellone, <em>sotto<\/em> after the verb.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci nuotavo dentro<\/strong>: imperfect of habit, <em>ci<\/em> for la grotta, <em>dentro<\/em> at the end.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci si arrampicano sopra<\/strong>: reflexive <em>arrampicarsi<\/em> plus <em>ci<\/em> for la rete, <em>sopra<\/em> closes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ci passo davanti<\/strong> and <strong>ci faccio una foto sotto<\/strong>: two final sentences chaining <em>ci<\/em> with two different prepositions on the same location (la grotta).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mini-challenge\">Mini-challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-task-cilp-final\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Final challenge:<\/strong> Translate into natural Italian using the <em>ci<\/em> + preposition pattern.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That bench is wet, don&#8217;t sit on it.<\/li>\n<li>The cellar is cool, Ernesto sleeps in it during the afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>We passed in front of it twice without noticing.<\/li>\n<li>The cave is huge, Cassia used to swim in it as a child.<\/li>\n<li>I put the keys under it (the vase), so they wouldn&#8217;t fly away.<\/li>\n<li>The wall has just been painted, don&#8217;t lean against it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<details><summary><strong>\ud83d\udc49 Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. <em>Quella panchina \u00e8 bagnata, non ci sederti sopra.<\/em> (imperative + reflexive)<\/p>\n<p>2. <em>La cantina \u00e8 fresca, Ernesto ci dorme dentro durante il pomeriggio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3. <em>Ci siamo passati davanti due volte senza accorgercene.<\/em> (compound past + agreement)<\/p>\n<p>4. <em>La grotta \u00e8 enorme, Cassia ci nuotava dentro da bambina.<\/em> (imperfect)<\/p>\n<p>5. <em>Ce le ho messe sotto, cos\u00ec non sarebbero volate via.<\/em> (ce le, agreement on participle)<\/p>\n<p>6. <em>La parete \u00e8 appena verniciata, non appoggiarcisi contro.<\/em> (infinitive imperative + reflexive + ci + contro)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mastering <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> takes a few weeks of attentive listening. 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font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> A <strong>10-Lesson Package<\/strong> gives you ten focused 55-minute sessions with a native teacher, at your own pace.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#7b2d8b; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">10-Lesson Package<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">One-to-one<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vacanze.webp\" alt=\"10-Lesson Package\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; 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Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Coraggio: un passo alla volta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#ab2227; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 41 to 65%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div 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Let&#8217;s build on it.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> A <strong>weekly 1:1 lesson<\/strong> gives you the rhythm and the personalised feedback to turn what you know into what you say automatically.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#ab2227; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Weekly 1:1<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">One-to-one<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vacanze.webp\" alt=\"Weekly 1:1\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Any level<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">55-minute one-to-one session on Zoom<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Your personal native teacher<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Interactive online materials<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=4\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#ab2227; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Book a Weekly 1:1 lesson &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Avanti tutta!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#b8860b; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 66 to 85%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg, #faecc4, #b8860b); width:75%; height:7px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:26px; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 14px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.35;\">Great work. You&#8217;re ready for the group.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> In the <strong>Milano small-group course (A2-B1)<\/strong> you&#8217;ll move from solid grammar to live conversation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#b8860b; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Milano group<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">A2-B1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/milano-no-sfondo.webp\" alt=\"Milano group\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Small groups, max 4 students<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Weekly live Zoom sessions<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=7\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#b8860b; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Join the Milano group &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Ci vediamo in classe!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#2d6a4f; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 86 to 100%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg, #cce5d5, #2d6a4f); width:93%; height:7px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:26px; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 14px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.35;\">Bravissimo! You nailed it.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> Step into the <strong>Milano small-group course (A2-B1)<\/strong> to turn accurate Italian into fluent Italian.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#2d6a4f; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Milano group<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">A2-B1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/milano-no-sfondo.webp\" alt=\"Milano group\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Small groups, max 4 students<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Weekly live Zoom sessions<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=7\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#2d6a4f; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Join the Milano group &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">A presto su Zoom!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\">\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewDiv\" style=\"display: none;\">\n            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewQuestion\">\n                <ol>\n                                            <li>1<\/li>\n                                            <li>2<\/li>\n                                    <\/ol>\n                <div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewLegend\">\n                <ol>\n                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewColor\" style=\"background-color: #6CA54C;\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewText\">Answered<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewColor\" style=\"background-color: #FFB800;\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewText\">Review<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                <\/ol>\n                <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div>\n                                    <input type=\"button\" name=\"review\" value=\"Review question\"\n                           class=\"wpProQuiz_button2\" style=\"float: left; display: block;\">\n                                        <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_quizAnker\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_quiz\">\n            <ol class=\"wpProQuiz_list\">\n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_listItem\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                        <div\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_question_page\" style=\"display:none;\" >\n                            Question <span>1<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>                        <\/div>\n                        <h5 style=\"display: none;\"\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">\n                            <span>1<\/span>. Question                        <\/h5>\n\n                        \n                                                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n                            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question_text\">\n                                <h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Pick ci or ne<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>ci replaces a place (a\/in + place -> ci vado) or stays in set verbs (crederci, pensarci, contarci). ne replaces di + something.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <ul class=\"wpProQuiz_questionList\" data-question_id=\"7163\"\n                                data-type=\"cloze_answer\">\n                                \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"0\">\n\n                                        <ul><li>In palestra (ne, ci, vi) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ci)<\/span><\/span> vado due volte a settimana.<br><br><em>I go to the gym twice a week.<\/em><\/li><li>Questa storia \u00e8 strana, non (ci, ne, li) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ci)<\/span><\/span> credo proprio.<br><br><em>This story is strange, I really don't believe it.<\/em><\/li><li>Alla cena (ne, vi, ci) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ci)<\/span><\/span> pensi tu o ci penso io?<br><br><em>Are you taking care of dinner or am I?<\/em><\/li><li>Di soldi non (ne, ci, li) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ne)<\/span><\/span> parliamo a tavola.<br><br><em>We don't talk about money at the table.<\/em><\/li><li>Sul tavolo c'era polvere e (ne, ci, li) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ci)<\/span><\/span> ho passato un panno.<br><br><em>There was dust on the table and I wiped a cloth over it.<\/em><\/li><li>Tengo molto a questo regalo, (ne, li, ci) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ci)<\/span><\/span> tengo davvero.<br><br><em>I really care about this gift, I really do.<\/em><\/li><li>Di pazienza ormai non (ci, ne, li) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ne)<\/span><\/span> ho pi\u00f9.<br><br><em>As for patience, I've run out of it now.<\/em><\/li><li>In quella casa non (ne, vi, ci) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ci)<\/span><\/span> torno pi\u00f9.<br><br><em>I'm not going back to that house.<\/em><\/li><li>Del tuo problema (ne, ci, li) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"2\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(ne)<\/span><\/span> parliamo domani.<br><br><em>We'll talk about your problem tomorrow.<\/em><\/li><li>Conta su di me, puoi (contarne, contarci, contarli) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"8\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(contarci)<\/span><\/span> sempre.<br><br><em>Count on me, you can always count on it.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>                                    <\/li>\n                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_response\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_correct\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>All ten right. You place ci and ne where a native would.<\/p><\/p>                                <\/div>\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_incorrect\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>In palestra ci vado il marted\u00ec; non ci credo; ci penso io; di politica non ne parlo; ne ho abbastanza.<\/p>\n<\/p>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_tipp\" style=\"display: none; position: relative;\">\n                                <div>\n                                    <h5 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">Hint<\/h5>\n                                    <p>Use ci for &#8216;there&#8217; or with crederci\/pensarci\/tenerci; use ne for &#8216;of it\/about it&#8217; (parlarne).<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                <input type=\"button\" name=\"back\" value=\"Back\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\"\n                               style=\"float: left !important; margin-right: 10px !important; display: none;\">\n                                                    <input type=\"button\" name=\"tip\" value=\"Hint\"\n                                   class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton wpProQuiz_TipButton\"\n                                   style=\"float: left !important; display: inline-block; margin-right: 10px !important;\">\n                                                <input type=\"button\" name=\"check\" value=\"Check\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\"\n                               style=\"float: right !important; margin-right: 10px !important; display: none;\">\n                        <input type=\"button\" name=\"next\" value=\"Next\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\" style=\"float: right; display: none;\">\n\n                        <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_listItem\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                        <div\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_question_page\" style=\"display:none;\" >\n                            Question <span>2<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>                        <\/div>\n                        <h5 style=\"display: none;\"\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">\n                            <span>2<\/span>. Question                        <\/h5>\n\n                        \n                                                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n                            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question_text\">\n                                <h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Spot the correct sentence<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>In each group, pick the ONE correct sentence.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <ul class=\"wpProQuiz_questionList\" data-question_id=\"7164\"\n                                data-type=\"multiple\">\n                                \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"0\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"1\"> In centro ne vado a piedi.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"1\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"2\"> In centro vi vado a piedi sempre, ci.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"2\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"3\"> In centro ci vado a piedi.<hr \/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"3\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"4\"> Non ci credo affatto.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"4\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"5\"> Non ne credo affatto.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"5\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"6\"> Non li credo affatto a questo.<hr \/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"6\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"7\"> Ne penso io alla spesa.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"7\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"8\"> Ci penso io alla spesa.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"8\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"9\"> Li penso io alla spesa di oggi.<hr \/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"9\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"10\"> Di lavoro non ne parlo mai.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"10\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"11\"> Di lavoro non ci parlo mai.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"11\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"12\"> Di lavoro non vi parlo mai a casa.<hr \/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"12\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"13\"> Di tempo non ci ho pi\u00f9.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"13\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"14\"> Di tempo non li ho pi\u00f9 adesso.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"14\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"15\"> Di tempo non ne ho pi\u00f9.<hr \/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"15\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"16\"> Puoi contarne, te lo prometto.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"16\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_1147_7164\"\n                                                       value=\"17\"> Puoi contarci, te lo prometto.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                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\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:36px;color:#ab2227;margin-top:50px;margin-bottom:10px;letter-spacing:0.3em;font-family:Georgia,serif\">\u00a7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These questions about <strong>italian ci with prepositions<\/strong> come up regularly among learners online. The locative <em>ci<\/em> as an adverb of place is documented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treccani.it\/vocabolario\/ci2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treccani vocabolario entry on ci<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/accademiadellacrusca.it\/it\/consulenza\/posizione-del-clitico-ne\/272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accademia della Crusca<\/a> has notes on small-pronoun placement worth reading once.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-cilp-q1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What does ci mean when paired with sopra, sotto, dentro?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ci stands for the place noun you have already mentioned, the same way English would use &#8216;it&#8217; after a preposition. Ci sopra means &#8216;on it&#8217;, ci sotto means &#8216;under it&#8217;, ci dentro means &#8216;inside it&#8217;. The location is the panchina, the muretto, the grotta, the palazzo: whatever you named in the previous sentence. Ci is the small attached pronoun that carries that location to the verb, while the spatial word stays at the end. So la panchina e bagnata, non ci sederti sopra means &#8216;the bench is wet, don&#8217;t sit on it&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-cilp-q2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Why does the preposition stay at the end instead of moving with ci?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Because ci is a small attached pronoun and must hug the verb, while the spatial preposition keeps its original spot, where the noun used to be. Italian splits the unit in two: the pronoun runs forward to sit next to the verb, the preposition stays behind. English keeps everything together (in front of it), Italian separates them (ci passo davanti). It feels odd the first ten times you hear it; after a month of listening, the split sounds completely natural.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-cilp-q3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How does this work with an infinitive verb like camminare?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>When the verb is in the infinitive, ci moves to its other legal home: stuck to the end of the verb. The infinitive drops its final -e, ci attaches, and the spatial preposition still stays at the end. So per camminare sopra la scalinata becomes per camminarci sopra. Vorrei passare davanti al palazzo becomes vorrei passarci davanti. After a modal verb like posso, devo, voglio, both positions are open: ci voglio passare davanti or voglio passarci davanti. Both are correct.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-cilp-q4\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What happens in the passato prossimo?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>In compound tenses, ci hops to its usual spot in front of the auxiliary, the participle follows, and the spatial preposition still closes the line. Ernesto e passato davanti al palazzo becomes Ernesto ci e passato davanti. Cassia ha camminato sopra la pietra becomes Cassia ci ha camminato sopra. The participle agrees with the subject if the verb takes essere (motion, change, reflexive), as in ci sono passato davanti, ci e entrata dentro. With avere there is no agreement: ci ha dormito sotto, ci ha camminato sopra.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-cilp-q5\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Why does ci sometimes become ce?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>When another small pronoun (lo, la, li, le, or ne) joins the chain, ci changes its vowel to e and becomes ce. The order is ce + object pronoun + verb + spatial preposition. So nascosero il regalo sotto il sasso becomes ce lo nascosero sotto: ce stands for il sasso, lo stands for il regalo. The vowel change is automatic and happens before every direct-object pronoun and before ne. The same rule produces ce la faccio, me ne vado, te lo dico: typical small-pronoun shifts of Italian.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-cilp-q6\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is the difference between ci sopra and li sopra?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Li sopra (also la sopra, qui davanti, qua dentro) is a full stressed adverbial phrase that points to a location with an implicit finger gesture: &#8216;up there&#8217;, &#8216;right here in front&#8217;. It carries emphasis and assumes the listener has to look. Ci sopra, ci davanti, ci dentro are quiet, attached to the verb, and assume the location is already shared between speaker and listener. Test: if you would say &#8216;there&#8217; (pointing) in English, use li sopra. If you would say &#8216;on it&#8217; because the listener already knows which &#8216;it&#8217;, use ci sopra.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related\">Related guides<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-ci-ne-particles\/\">Ci and Ne in Italian: The Two Tricky Particles Explained<\/a>: the broader picture of <em>ci<\/em> across its many functions, including the locative use and idioms like <em>ci vuole<\/em>, <em>ci sto<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-sotto-sopra-su-giu-adverbs\/\">Italian Sotto Sopra, Su Gi\u00f9: Location Adverbs (B1)<\/a>: the spatial adverbs themselves in their stressed full-phrase use, with <em>qua sotto<\/em>, <em>l\u00e0 sopra<\/em>, <em>su per gi\u00f9<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-fronted-word-order\/\">Italian Un Caff\u00e8 Lo Prenderei: Fronting for Emphasis (B1)<\/a>: how spoken Italian moves pieces around and uses small pronouns like <em>ci<\/em>, <em>lo<\/em>, <em>la<\/em> to echo what was just said.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treccani.it\/vocabolario\/ci2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treccani vocabolario: ci<\/a>: institutional reference on the many functions of <em>ci<\/em> in Italian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udd0d In short. Italian ci with prepositions is a quiet trick: when a place is already named, ci replaces the noun, parks before the verb, and the spatial preposition (sopra, sotto, dentro, dietro, davanti, contro) stays stranded at the end. Ci passo davanti, ci dorme sotto, ci entr\u00f2 dentro. 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