How to Use ''NE''_ The Ultimate Guide _ Easy Italian 105

Happy New Year We've decided to wish you a happy new year by dedicating an episode to one of the most difficult words of all time: NE A difficult word but also extremely useful—hopefully by the end of this episode you'll appreciate it too Positive latitudes Before we begin we wanted to let you know that registrations are now open for our online school We'll talk more about that later in the episode But right now what would the world be like without me Oh look they'ready—I made some small cakes with almonds ricotta and amaretti Would you like to try a small cake with ricotta almonds and amaretti Yes thank you Fantastic Now let's listen to the same conversation but with our friend Ne I made some small cakes with almond ricotta and amaretti Would you like to taste one Fantastic — it allows us to talk about quantities without constantly repeating what we'referring to So we can replace a very long sentence like a small almond ricotta and amaretti cake with the simple word Ne Convenient right It somewhat resembles the phrases "of it" or "of them" in English For example in Italian you can say: I made the pizza do you want some Do you want some of it The main difference is that in Italian "of it " comes before the verb So you want it The second one is very important In Italian you cannot omit ne So if it can be used it must be used So you cannot say I made pizza want some He always says Want some Now let's see an example of an episode where we asked Italians How much coffee did they drink per day But normally I have two non-decaf coffees in the morning He could have said I'll have two coffees But since we're already talking about coffee it kind of feels pointless to keep repeating the word coffee So instead of saying I'll take two coffees he said I'll take two When we use ne in the near future tense for example Yesterday I made pizza Yes I ate some of it In this case the verb agrees with ne So ne replaces the pizza So I ate some of it If instead I had made bread I would have eaten a little because it replaces bread If instead we have cookies plural masculine I've eaten a few of them With bruschette it changes because bruschette is plural feminine so I've eaten a few of them It often replaces a phrase beginning with of One of the most commonly used examples ever is talking about For example Italians are always talking about food—we're always talking about it—and we also often use it negatively when we don't want to talk about something But let's talk about the time our Polish friend put ketchup on her pizza No I don't want to talk about it Hi Giustina Small detail for professionals When there's an order a command what grammar geeks might call an imperative We ended up talking about it Let's talk about it Matteo tell me how you made that little almond cake It's too long I don't remember But that little cake Let's talk The other little detail for professionals is that when you have the verb in the infinitive at is the form ending in -are - ire or -ere we can add -ne at the end by removing the final -e from the infinitive and adding -ne So let's talk about it I don't want to talk about it But we agreed we'd discuss our online school Yes let's talk about it Enrollments are now open at our online Italian school Yay But what will you do You'll receive a daily Italian lesson It's important to study a little every day because otherwise if too much time passes between lessons you'll forget everything So it's important to study a little every day if we do it every day it's important to have fun and for this reason all our lessons They are based on true stories that happened to us or to the professors you 'll meet Speaking of which it's also very important to be able to practice and receive feedback from the professors so there is a chat room where you can record your Italian responses to the various assignments and receive personalized feedback and there's also a speaking club where you can practice live with other students guided by professors They'll help you learn new things and correct your mistakes Fantastic To learn more click the link in the description Now we return to our main topic Now let's look at many more examples where NE replaces a part of a sentence which begins with DI Yes He needs it I have no idea I have absolutely no idea Here's a nice phrase with NE It's an idiomatic expression I have absolutely no idea Now let's look at an example an episode where we discuss technology — Wait it's extremely difficult — It's neutral — Technology is neutral — It depends on how you use He's talking about how you use technology So how do you use it Are you happy with the Lego I bought you for your birthday Yes I'm happy about that Not bad You know anything about all those dirty mugs near the couch No I don't know anything about it How strange They're all full of you It could also be an opportunity to take advantage of something Let's see an example of a man interviewed by us He told me about his dog Why did you decide to get a dog Because we've always wanted one and now we're taking advantage of the fact that we're home so much You know your dog has fallen asleep right Yeah huh Are you aware of our dog's artistic talents Yes I'm aware of that Contemporary art Katie are you sure about what you're doing I'm sure Are you afraid of the dark No I'm not afraid of it Are you proud of your fringe Not proud She's not proud Sometimes she can even replace it a part of a sentence that begins with DA — for example to be obsessed with something — can be obsessed with a song Today we'll give you seven tips to speak like an Italian —and unfortunately this little song is apart from one of those seven tips and Katie She's already obsessed Help There are another couple of phrases where NE is used very frequently and they are sentences used to ask someone's opinion In these cases It always replaces the part of the sentence starting with "DI" — What do you think of the series we watched last night I liked it What about you Hey Adriano told me to go eat pizza tomorrow too What do you think Oh pizza's always a good idea Well yeah Then use NE with the phrases THERE ARE and THERE IS Create a slightly odd sentence because we must insert NE between CI and SONO And when we put NE after a short word like CI the I becomes E so we have CE NE SONO Let's see an example — and is there a particular vegetable you dislike the most Yes Peas or There are so many Eggplants Yes yes everything He said There are many vegetables There are so many of them So he replaces the word vegetables Yes they are different There's Italian coffee There's Moroccan coffee There's Turkish coffee There's American coffee In short there are many varieties For every taste there are many coffee options so it replaces coffee Now guys We make our lives a little more complicated because we have the phrase CE CE consists of two small words CI and E and so far WE HAVE IT Then we need to insert NE So we insert NE since we put it before the E We drop the final E and add an apostrophe so we get NE Then there's the rule that we saw earlier with CE NE SONO where when we insert NE CI the initial CI becomes CE so we have CE NE apostropheE If you prefer you can simply memorize this phrase CE NE Now let's look at a few examples because we need some help to remember all of this In Italian there is not much material as much as there is in English but there's already a huge amount A HUGE AMOUNT of material the material becomes it which then goes among us Oh there's so much of it so much of it I can't take it anymore you can't take it anymore of this can you I'd say that' s enough for today We can also stop here for now we 'll soon prepare another episode on NE we'll make another one sorry in which we'll talk abou All idiomatic expressions and sayings with NE which you'll gradually learn are here Now it' s your turn—write in the comments a brief conversation between you and your friends or family in which you use NE: H