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Pronoun is a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase.

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What is the purpose of Ci in this sentence?

50Languages includes this sentence in its Italian work: Ci viene anche Lei? What does Ci add to this sentence? How does it differ from Lei viene anche?
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Is 'Voi' formal?

For my exam I need to write a formal letter and I'm wondering if 'voi' is appropriate. Sometimes I hear it is only for informal and sometimes I hear it is formal and informal. I'm trying to be ...
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How do the pronouns work here? [duplicate]

È meglio che tu te ne vada. I don't understand how the 'te' works here. I also don't understand why we need 'ne' if were just saying that its best if someone leaves. Could someone please explain why ...
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What's the implied noun in "o la va o la spacca"?

The phrase "o la va o la spacca" means something like English "it's make or break", as I understand it. What is the noun implied by (I assume) direct object pronoun "la"? ...
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"Lei è molto simpatica" and then "Sì, lo è": why is "lo" correct?

I'm italian but I haven't studied grammar in ages and now I barely know how to refer to grammatical elements. I tried to use the search function but without success and I decided to directly put the ...
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C'è ‘voseo’ in italiano?

Noi ispanoparlanti abbiamo il voseo: è un fenomeno che consiste nel sostituire il pronome tú con vos. Per chi sa un po' di spagnolo, le coniugazioni dei verbi sono un po' diverse da quelle che usiamo ...
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Imperative with pronouns - negative

I was solving an Italian exercise about the Imperative with pronouns. The exercise was giving wrong sentences to correct. I had a problem with the following two: Non vi piace la birra? Allora non la ...
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Linguaggio inclusivo

In base alla attuale situazione in Italia e/o altri paesi italoparlanti, che strategie mi raccomandereste per avere un discorso neutrale, senza favorire nessun genere? C'è qualche pronome che stia ...
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Qualunque/qualsiasi con o senza pronome relativo?

Ti darò qualunque/qualsiasi cosa tu voglia o che tu voglia? Si fa suggestionare da qualsiasi/qualunque rumore potrebbe sentire o che potrebbe sentire durante la notte? Chiamami, di qualunque/...
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Delle and not dei or degli

Why is it delle in the following sentence and not dei or degli? Nessuno di queste proposte stabilisce incentivi che premino la qualità delle prestazioni, anziché la quantità. In which cases would it ...
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Lei è or lei sei when talking to someone in formal way

It may seem a stupid question, but I was surprised that we use lei as "you" formally. I don't understand why using same pronoun for she and you, and do we use lei è like she is or lei sei? ...
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"Gli diede tutto il suo denaro." Why does this start with the article 'gli'?

This translates to "She gave him all of her money." According to my Anki deck. Is the 'gli' somehow referring to 'him'?
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Meaning of "se ne devono andare"

I have trouble with the following sentence: Non se ne devono andare tutti? First, I think that "se" = "si+ne", so "se" is not "if". With this, I would guess ...
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"Quale/i" o "che" in proposizioni relative

I read that we can always use :il/la/li/le quale/quali" instead of "che" or "cui". If initially the sentence is Le ragazze che abbiamo salutato sono francesi, can we say Le ...
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Use of "ci" in this sentence

Could you explain the use of ci in the following sentence? La più famosa è quella del 3 maggio 1915 dove dice di voler interrompere la terapia psicanalitica perché non ci crede e secondo lui ormai ...
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