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About "ne" in Italian In these sentences: 1.Hai dei libri?Sì,ne ho. 2.Avete dei libri italiani?Sì,li abbiamo. why there's "ne" in the former one but not in the latter one?Can it be:Sì,ne abbiamo? 3.Hai dei libri?Sì,ne ho. 4.Lui ha Fratelli?Sì,ne ha uno. in the former one,if I know I have one book,can I say:Sì,ne ho uno? Grazie mille.

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1.Hai dei libri? Sì,ne ho. ne=of them, meaning some/any. Sì, ne ho=I've got of them (some) Also, ne can mean "of it", in the singular: e.g. non ne so niente=(I) not of it know nothing, I know nothing of it, ne=of it in this example. 2.Avete dei libri italiani?Sì,li abbiamo. why there's "ne" in the former one but not in the latter one?Can it be:Sì,ne abbiamo? Of course it can. Sì, li abbiamo. Yes, we have them (li=them) Sì, ne abbiamo. Yes, we have of them (some) One can also answer like this: Sì, ne abbiamo alcuni/qualcuno (lì/là/qui) Yes, we have some of them (there/here) Actually the word order in Italian is: Yes, (we) of them have some (there/here) lì/là are both there, with là being a bit more indeterminate (là=around, but not here; lì=there in a precise location), but this difference is a nuance, they are practically interchangeable. 3.Hai dei libri?Sì,ne ho. Yes, I have some/of them. 4.Lui ha Fratelli?Sì,ne ha uno. Yes, (he) of them has one. in the former one,if I know I have one book,can I say:Sì,ne ho uno? Yes, Sì, ne ho uno is correct. It means: Yes, (I) of them have one (Yes, I've (got) one of them) PS: you can also find "ne" in a question, e.g. ne hai di fratelli? (you) of them have brothers? instead of hai fratelli? hai qualche fratello? hai dei fratelli? (dei, "of the" also means some/any in Italian!) Sometimes ne means of/from there/here (a place, but there is still an of + something). E.g.: Have you been in China? Sei stato in Cina? Sì, ne torno ora. (torno ora da lì is also correct, but we like to shorten da lì into ne and we put it before) Yes, I'm coming back now from there. I hope I have demistified "ne" a bit.
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1a. Avete dei libri italiani? 1b. Sì,ne abbiamo. /ne/: pronome partitivo, con il significato: abbiamo alcuni di questi, oppure abbiamo alcuni di quelli Oppure: 2a. Avete libri italiani? 2b. Sì, li abbiamo. meglio: si`, ne abbiamo.

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