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1.1.3.8: I pronomi diretti con "avere"

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    Direct pronouns with verb avere

    Consider the following example:

    • Hai una sigaretta?
    • Sì, ce l’ho. 

    This is an extremely common and uniquely Italian way of speech. Italians use ce + direct pronouns lo, la, li, le and ne when they answer a question about what they have or don’t have. Here is the full explanation:

    ce l’ho [l’ can be for both lo and la] I have it
    ce li ho  I have them
    ce le ho  I have them
    ce ne ho I have some of it / of them

    In spoken Italian you can hear people say c’ho fame or c’ho sete or c’ho i soldi instead of ho fame, ho sete and ho i soldi. To find out why, you can view this interesting explanation on Alma TV: https://www.almaedizioni.it/it/almatv/grammatica-caffe/chi-ce-lha/


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