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ne.

from there

2 characters1 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adv/ne//ne/traditional
  1. from there

    Si chiuse in casa e non ne uscì per giorni.
Where this word comes from

From Latin inde (“thence, from that place; from that person, of them”). Compare French en (adverb, pronoun).

pron/ne//ne/traditional
  1. from this; from that; from these; from those, sometimes not translated in English

    Furono mesi di lavoro sfibrante, ma ne venne fuori un gran film.
  2. about this; about that; about these; about those

    Ne abbiamo parlato, ma non sono sicuro che abbia capito.
    Certo che ricordo quell'evento: ne ho perfino scritto in un articolo.
  3. of this; of that; of these; of those, sometimes not translated in English

    Se è avanzata della torta, ne vorrei una fetta, per favore.
    Avevi promesso di tornare a casa, te ne ricordi?
  4. of them (sometimes not translated in English)

    Non ne ho più.
  5. for this; of that; of these; of those, sometimes not translated in English

    Ho capito cos'ha fatto, ma non ne ho capito il motivo.
  6. intensive particle, used in forms of certain verbs suffixed with -ne, where it indicates a particular way of carrying out the verb's action

    Spalancò la porta e se ne andò tutta esultante.
    Se ne sta sdraiato per ore a non fare nulla.
  7. only used in forms of the verb of volerne (“to hold a grudge”)

    Non te ne vorrò.
  8. only used in forms of the verb of andarne (“to be at stake”)

    Ne va della tua vita.
Where this word comes from

From Latin inde (“thence, from that place; from that person, of them”). Compare French en (adverb, pronoun).

pron
  1. synonym of ci: us, to us

    Tuscany · obsolete · poetic
prep/ne/
  1. alternative form of in

    alt-of · alternative
    Massimo Troisi non ha vinto un oscar per la sua interpretazione ne «Il postino».
Where this word comes from

Initial part of the combined forms of preposition in (“in”) with definite articles: nel, nello, nella, nell', nei, negli, nelle. Compare Portuguese n’.

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