Manu, you're saying so many times that you're sorry that it's so complicated, but your lessons are like a spring water, you gotta stop apologyizing for being a great teacher! :)) Thank you so much, hope you are going to finish successfully your program for learning Italian so finally we all would be able to pay you back!
Hi Manu! Around the 17.35 mark you apologized for the video getting too long in case it was boring us. Please never apologize for this. If people are truly interested in learning the language, this content will NEVER be boring. Keep up the FANTASTIC work you are doing! I hope to one day follow in your footsteps and teach both of my native languages which are Spanish and English. I was blessed to have learned them at the same time from birth because I was born in NY. Love ya!
Io sono inglese e ho tredici anni! I haven't been learning Italian very long and I am watching these videos which I find very helpful and are expanding my vocabulary and knowledge of Italiano. Grazie Manu!
Thank goodness for your amazing video tutorials....in english ! There is no way the immersion method would work for me, I need to understand the why's and how's and I would be lost at the moment if it was in italian. Thanks so much, love your style and approach, it's all so clear !
Manu, I appreciate your teachings so much!!!! You are extremely gifted and I am so thankful to be able to be your student as I have recently joined the beginner course and I am loving it!!!! I believe that as I stick with your course and your teachings, I will progress quickly and easily. Thank you so much Manu for all you do for us!!!!! Your enthusiasm and genuine desire to help us learn your awesome language is very well seen in your videos. I appreciate so much that you share here freely and your courses are affordable!! Please, Please keep up the fantastic work and be sure to take care of yourself as we need you and there are not many teachers as gifted as you.
Hi Tammie! 😊Thank you so much for your kind words! We are so happy that you're enjoying our channel and course! We hope that you will enjoy all our courses so, at the end, you will be fluent in Italian!❤️
NOT BORING AT ALL! Quite fascinating if you ask me. I am a native English speaker and even though you're not a native English speaker your English is amazing nonetheless and your videos are overly effective. I'm two months into studying Italian and I am progressing quite well at the moment all thanks to your channel. Keep them coming Manu. Grazie Mille!!
Thank you so very much for creating your channel and continuing to post videos. I am moving to Italy soon, and your videos are helping me learn the volume of Italian I want quickly. Granted, this lesson is more advanced than my current level, but I now know about some possibilities and look forward to seeing this again as well as you upcoming projects. As a teacher, myself, I can say with authority that you are a gifted teacher, utilizing multiple learning styles and appealing to multiple intelligences throughout your lessons. These videos are very well done. I'll bet you are dynamic in the classroom! Best of luck to you!
Top teacher to learn Italian. I am very so so glad of you as my Italian teacher. I am fallowing from many years!! For me now the time to lean Italian 😉🤣
The reward for getting to the end is all the knowledge gained! Hopefully I can become comfortable with using ci soon. It looks so useful! Thanks so much!
I'm french and I'm currently learning italian and I love your videos. Italian is so similar to french! I can't believe it. I don't think french speaker will have problem with "ci" and "ne". "ne" is like "en" in French (in most cases) Thanks for your great videos.
This was the first of your videos that I have seen and it was great! I absolutely made it all the way to the end and loved every minute. Love your teaching technique.
Grazie Mille Manu! Sono americana, ma abito a Roma per studiare nell'universita' e i tuoi video sono molto utlie per capire il gramatica! Anche l'altro canale e' molto utile per praticare ascoltare l'italiano LENTO!
Sono araba e sto imparando l'italiano da 6-7 mesi. Sono stata molto confusa perché non ho capito come posso usare "ci"! Ma ora, ho trovato il tuo video e tutto divento chiarissimo! Che fortuna di averti trovato. Credevo che ci è delle cose più difficile in italiano, ma non più! Grazie del cuore!
Gonna slap a comment on this five year old upload because I need you to know that your content is AMAZING. As a new student of Italian in 2021 I'm thrilled to have run across this resource and will definitely be digging through all of this bit by bit. Grazie Manu!
Ci è tanto complicato e significa molte Cose. Molte grazie per questa lezione! Me ha aiuto molto. Come tu lavori per ci aiutare! Sei una persona tanto brillante e generoso. Ciao, Sandra (New Zealand)
Thank you so much for your lessons, I started watching your videos around a week ago, have been learning italian online for around 2-3 months, fell in love with Italy when visited last summer and want to speak Italian next time I visit. Your lessons are very good.
Tu sei bravo Manu. Tu mi fai voler imparare italiano con piacere. There are I'm sure many grammatical errors in my sentence but you just make me feel reckless and free with the language. Ti sequiro".
Right now i'm in my first year of learning Italian. My 1st language is German, but your videos help me a lot because i had 10 years English in my school. Double practice: ascolto inglese ma anche imparo italiano 😁
It would be helpful if you would add a direct link to the PDF in the comments below the video. Frequently, when I go to the website, I'm unable to locate the PDF. It always takes a long time to scroll through everything. Your lessons are fantastic. This simple thing would make them even easier to use. Thank you for posting everything you do. Grazie mille!
Somehow your videos popped up on my feed. I've never studied Italian but I can understand some because it's similar to Spanish. Your explanations here are great. I don't think it would take me very long to read newspapers or books with your explanations, and maybe even to watch movies if they're not in dialects.
This is a very helpful video! I have two questions: 1. In the examples where "ci" means "there", can you use "lì" instead of "ci"? 2. Is "ci mette" (it takes) the same as "ci vuole"? Grazie mille!
Ciao! 1. Not really. LÌ goes at the end of the sentence, and always after the verb. CI can only (and must) go before the verb! See it as LÌ (or LÀ) meaning "over there", rather than just "there" 2. Yes, exactly!
Regarding the second question, I'm not sure how you construct the phrases. Is it "ci metto due ore" or "ci mettono due ore"? And "ci volgio due ore" or "ci vogliono due ore"? I guess I'm not sure if I am the subject or the phrases are impersonal and the hours are the subject, as it were. Thanks so much for your great videos!
Thank you!! Thank you! Thank you! I'm not english but I understand it better than I do italian. And you're right, it's easier to understand the theory in english otherwise I would have to first understand everything what you're saying in italian and then understand the theory about italian grammar, and this way I'm just doing that second part. "just" :D
Dear Manu,I would like to say that you are spectacular,trust me these videos are amazing,I can see the way that you try to teach us,how to acquire the language,please continue your amazing work!!!
this was very helpful. I have noticed that Latin languages don't relate to the word IT very well. I often think of ci as It when I translate and speak Italian.
We like not to say something more than one time. You will find, sometimes, entire dialogues that the subject is said only once at the beginnig and not said agan. In talian we call it soggetto sottointeso. We know it, our verbs agrees with it, so we do not repeat
Grandissimo! Anche se sono italiana (Valtellinese :) e l'italiano "lo so", mi interessa moltissimo scoprire le regole che tu spieghi così bene :) Continua così!
Hi Manu, I’ve been following your videos for quite a long time now, and you are by far the best teacher I’ve found on TH-cam! Grazie tu sei un insegnante bravissimo! 😁
Thanks for your videos Manu. I love them, they help me here in Rome! Quick question: if we say "noi ci ricordiamo" for 'we remember', do I also then say "io mi ridordo'? Or is "io ridcordo" ok? Must it be reflexive?
Sì, "to remember" is reflexive in Italian, so you should say "(io) mi ricordo". Ricordare - non reflexive - does exist. It means "to remind": ricordami di fare la spesa (remind me to buys some groceries). That MI in ricordami is an indirect object pronoun meaning "to me"
im Nenu from indonesia.I start learn since midle of september by privat teacher but its not work ... since i watch you make me more understand grazie mile
Hay really like Your lessons You are a great teacher Thank you so much for given us the opportunity to learn italian Language Mirta from Mar Del Plata In Buenos Aires Argentina
Hiya, Great lesson as always but I cannot find where the pdf is. I have tried many times to download the pdf resources and yet I cannot find where they are located on your website. Please will you advise where to find them.
It's so strange that 'remember' is reflexive in some languages. The French say 'Je me souvienne' - 'I self-remember'. So do the Germans: 'Ich erinnere mich' - 'I remember-self'. I didn't know the Italians use reflexive 'remember' as well :)) Quite a discovery :)))
Wow, Manu! This was the most thorough explanation of "ci" I've ever seen. Thank you for taking the time to go through all the uses thoroughly. I just wanted to say I watched your channel all the time for about a month last summer before going to Italy and had a great time learning and speaking in Italy! Thanks for making great content!
Era un episodio molto utile. Ero confuso per il "ci". Perche ho saputo soltanto due senso di ci = us/to us. Quindi sempre traducevo ci come "us" il che mi resso molto confondere. Adesso capito altri sensi e ce la faccio (invece di posso!) capire un po' meglio. Grazie mille per questo episodio.
Manu, you're saying so many times that you're sorry that it's so complicated, but your lessons are like a spring water, you gotta stop apologyizing for being a great teacher! :)) Thank you so much, hope you are going to finish successfully your program for learning Italian so finally we all would be able to pay you back!
Grazie mille, Margarita!
He’s a great teacher!💙💙💙
Hi Manu! Around the 17.35 mark you apologized for the video getting too long in case it was boring us. Please never apologize for this. If people are truly interested in learning the language, this content will NEVER be boring. Keep up the FANTASTIC work you are doing! I hope to one day follow in your footsteps and teach both of my native languages which are Spanish and English. I was blessed to have learned them at the same time from birth because I was born in NY. Love ya!
Thanks to you, Susan Di Donato!
Io sono inglese e ho tredici anni! I haven't been learning Italian very long and I am watching these videos which I find very helpful and are expanding my vocabulary and knowledge of Italiano. Grazie Manu!
Grazie mille, ThomBock! Happy to be helping!
Thank goodness for your amazing video tutorials....in english ! There is no way the immersion method would work for me, I need to understand the why's and how's and I would be lost at the moment if it was in italian. Thanks so much, love your style and approach, it's all so clear !
Grazie mille, sue cann! Happy to be helping!
So glad I found you!! I am just one month into learning Italian and your videos are the best thing out there.
Grazie mille Rebecca! Happy to help!
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Thank you!! 😘
Manu, I appreciate your teachings so much!!!! You are extremely gifted and I am so thankful to be able to be your student as I have recently joined the beginner course and I am loving it!!!! I believe that as I stick with your course and your teachings, I will progress quickly and easily. Thank you so much Manu for all you do for us!!!!! Your enthusiasm and genuine desire to help us learn your awesome language is very well seen in your videos. I appreciate so much that you share here freely and your courses are affordable!! Please, Please keep up the fantastic work and be sure to take care of yourself as we need you and there are not many teachers as gifted as you.
Hi Tammie! 😊Thank you so much for your kind words! We are so happy that you're enjoying our channel and course! We hope that you will enjoy all our courses so, at the end, you will be fluent in Italian!❤️
NOT BORING AT ALL! Quite fascinating if you ask me. I am a native English speaker and even though you're not a native English speaker your English is amazing nonetheless and your videos are overly effective. I'm two months into studying Italian and I am progressing quite well at the moment all thanks to your channel. Keep them coming Manu. Grazie Mille!!
Grazie mille, Christopher Thomas! Happy to be helping!
Thank you so very much for creating your channel and continuing to post videos. I am moving to Italy soon, and your videos are helping me learn the volume of Italian I want quickly. Granted, this lesson is more advanced than my current level, but I now know about some possibilities and look forward to seeing this again as well as you upcoming projects. As a teacher, myself, I can say with authority that you are a gifted teacher, utilizing multiple learning styles and appealing to multiple intelligences throughout your lessons. These videos are very well done. I'll bet you are dynamic in the classroom! Best of luck to you!
*your upcoming projects
Grazie mille, Sarah Graves! Happy to be helping!
Top teacher to learn Italian. I am very so so glad of you as my Italian teacher.
I am fallowing from many years!!
For me now the time to lean Italian 😉🤣
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Planning to move to Italy next year. I'm really happy I discovered your videos, so much better than others I've found! Thanks.
❤️ Wow! Where are you planning to move exactly?😊
Manu, you're an amazing teacher! Thank you so much for what you're doing! Your lessons are so great and helpful...I never miss an episode!
The reward for getting to the end is all the knowledge gained! Hopefully I can become comfortable with using ci soon. It looks so useful! Thanks so much!
Grazie mille, A H! Happy to be helping!
I just started trying to wrap my head around clitics so your video has helped me a lot. Grazie!
Thank you for taking the time to explain the extra details. It is helpful!
You're very welcome!
I'm an italian native and Manu really MASTERED the Ci use, this lession is a tresure. complimenti e saluti al prof!
I'm french and I'm currently learning italian and I love your videos. Italian is so similar to french! I can't believe it. I don't think french speaker will have problem with "ci" and "ne". "ne" is like "en" in French (in most cases) Thanks for your great videos.
Thanks to you, maryon37!
This was the first of your videos that I have seen and it was great! I absolutely made it all the way to the end and loved every minute. Love your teaching technique.
Grazie Mille Manu! Sono americana, ma abito a Roma per studiare nell'universita' e i tuoi video sono molto utlie per capire il gramatica! Anche l'altro canale e' molto utile per praticare ascoltare l'italiano LENTO!
Grazie mille per apprezzare i miei video! Un abbraccione 😘
Sono araba e sto imparando l'italiano da 6-7 mesi. Sono stata molto confusa perché non ho capito come posso usare "ci"! Ma ora, ho trovato il tuo video e tutto divento chiarissimo! Che fortuna di averti trovato. Credevo che ci è delle cose più difficile in italiano, ma non più! Grazie del cuore!
Grazie mille Ms Candy! Complimenti!
Gonna slap a comment on this five year old upload because I need you to know that your content is AMAZING. As a new student of Italian in 2021 I'm thrilled to have run across this resource and will definitely be digging through all of this bit by bit.
Grazie Manu!
Grazie mille! I listen over and over to your lessons because they are so sophisticated and so beautifully clear!!!
Grazie a te! I'm so happy you enjoyed my videos!! 😘
Ci è tanto complicato e significa molte
Cose. Molte grazie per questa lezione! Me ha aiuto molto. Come tu lavori per ci aiutare! Sei una persona tanto brillante e generoso. Ciao, Sandra (New Zealand)
Thank you so much for your lessons, I started watching your videos around a week ago, have been learning italian online for around 2-3 months, fell in love with Italy when visited last summer and want to speak Italian next time I visit. Your lessons are very good.
This is a great lesson! I've watched it several times and taken notes. Extremely helpful. You're such a great teacher.
Grazie mille!
Tu sei bravo Manu. Tu mi fai voler imparare italiano con piacere.
There are I'm sure many grammatical errors in my sentence but you just make me feel reckless and free with the language. Ti sequiro".
Grazie a te, John Tortorella!
And the answer finally shows up at 5:41 -- I am glad because it is a great lesson. I've always wondered about "ci" in the phrase "ci sono __________"
Right now i'm in my first year of learning Italian. My 1st language is German, but your videos help me a lot because i had 10 years English in my school. Double practice: ascolto inglese ma anche imparo italiano 😁
Grazie mille, facetsofspacey! Happy to be helping!
You're a great teacher and your lessons very useful!
Grazie per il suo bellissimo lavoro! Auguri
Grazie! 😘
Hello Manu, Really this is helping me alot. i hope to be very good in speaking italian...Thankz
Wow, as a Canadian ex-pat living in Italy I've learnt to use CI but I don't think I've ever heard such a thorough explanation!
Good on you Manu, best teacher on the Internet.
Thanks to you, Danny Buckley!
I've come back to this lots of times... Grazie Manu..
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Wonderful, Manu.. these have perplexed me for ages... and NO-ONE can explain them... (except you)...
Wow!!! All those times I hadn't a clue!!!! Thanks, Manu... you've answered lots of questions there. Grazie mille.
Just discovered this and I totally had this question! So thank you! Seems like the PDF is no longer available though... ?
Grazie mille, Manu! "Ci" is still an issue for me. It can be very confusing for me. This video helped a lot. I will be reviewing it often. :)
Perfetto!!!
Great videos, thank you. Mio marito is from Perugia. I learn with you and then ask him to help clarify. Together you are both helping me, thank you. 😊
Sir you are a great teacher...sir plz make a playlist of the videos so that it would be very helpful for thr beginners
Thank you for these helpful videos!!!! They are helping me so much to prepare for my Italian singing gigs 🙏🏻🎤🎹
It would be helpful if you would add a direct link to the PDF in the comments below the video. Frequently, when I go to the website, I'm unable to locate the PDF. It always takes a long time to scroll through everything. Your lessons are fantastic. This simple thing would make them even easier to use. Thank you for posting everything you do. Grazie mille!
Somehow your videos popped up on my feed. I've never studied Italian but I can understand some because it's similar to Spanish. Your explanations here are great. I don't think it would take me very long to read newspapers or books with your explanations, and maybe even to watch movies if they're not in dialects.
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This is a very helpful video! I have two questions:
1. In the examples where "ci" means "there", can you use "lì" instead of "ci"?
2. Is "ci mette" (it takes) the same as "ci vuole"?
Grazie mille!
Ciao!
1. Not really. LÌ goes at the end of the sentence, and always after the verb. CI can only (and must) go before the verb!
See it as LÌ (or LÀ) meaning "over there", rather than just "there"
2. Yes, exactly!
Thanks for your answer! :)
Regarding the second question, I'm not sure how you construct the phrases. Is it "ci metto due ore" or "ci mettono due ore"? And "ci volgio due ore" or "ci vogliono due ore"? I guess I'm not sure if I am the subject or the phrases are impersonal and the hours are the subject, as it were. Thanks so much for your great videos!
Thank you!! Thank you! Thank you! I'm not english but I understand it better than I do italian. And you're right, it's easier to understand the theory in english otherwise I would have to first understand everything what you're saying in italian and then understand the theory about italian grammar, and this way I'm just doing that second part. "just" :D
Thank you for your time and patience in explaining all of this. So useful!
Grazie mille, Heather Flanders! Happy to be helping!
Best explanation ever! Thanks! Grazie mille
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Great lesson Manu - thanks! Maybe check if your camera have an option for fixed focus :-)
grazie mille per il tantissimo utile video
prego! E' un piacere!
An amazing video. So clearly explained.. grazie molto !
That lesson was excellent, Manu! I learnt heaps. Who’d think! Avercela means to be upset! Farcela and vederci are not what I’d expect!
Not boring... fascinating! Grazie, amico.
Grazie a te, Adrian D!
Dear Manu,I would like to say that you are spectacular,trust me these videos are amazing,I can see the way that you try to teach us,how to acquire the language,please continue your amazing work!!!
Thank you so much for your kind words! 😍
I'm sorry, but I cannot locate the PDF for this. This was an excellent lesson, and my second time watching it. Grazie mille
this is one of the best tutorials i’ve ever seen
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Brilliant exposition of the uses of ci-many thanks
Thank you! 😍
Wow! Thank you for the most complete and clear explanation of this CI "thing" !!! Grazie mille da Mosca!
Grazie per il feedback Kate!
this was very helpful. I have noticed that Latin languages don't relate to the word IT very well. I often think of ci as It when I translate and speak Italian.
We like not to say something more than one time. You will find, sometimes, entire dialogues that the subject is said only once at the beginnig and not said agan. In talian we call it soggetto sottointeso. We know it, our verbs agrees with it, so we do not repeat
you are very good teacher, Manu. It takes a good teacher to explain so well, and you are fantastic! Thank you!! :)
Thanks to you, Luba Calculli!
Just came across your video. Enjoyed it and learned..Grazie mille!!!
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Wow, your lessons are really addictive. I can't stop binge watching them. 😁 Your teaching style is really fun and engaging. Thank you for the lessons!
Thanks to you, ladykickz!
Thanks so much for these lessons in Campagnia in Italy the local accent can sometimes be very confusing this helps me pinpint
The best discussion on this subject!
Thank you so much for that! I'm glad I was able to help!!
So helpful! Thank you!
Grandissimo! Anche se sono italiana (Valtellinese :) e l'italiano "lo so", mi interessa moltissimo scoprire le regole che tu spieghi così bene :)
Continua così!
Grazie a te, Elisabetta Valgoi!
You are such a good teacher, Manu! Thanks a million!
Grazie a te, Michelle Tanner! Un abbraccio! ❤️
un video molto utile! Grazie mille Manu! Finalmente ho capito tutto! :-)
Grazie mille, Nina Anić! Happy to be helping!
Hi Manu, I’ve been following your videos for quite a long time now, and you are by far the best teacher I’ve found on TH-cam! Grazie tu sei un insegnante bravissimo! 😁
Grazie! Siamo felicissimi che ti piacciano i nostri video!! Continua a seguirci! 😘
you are a natural excellent teacher!
Very useful! Thank you. That bloody ‘ci’. But now you have thrown a light on it.
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a summary of everything! thanks for the video
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Thanks for your videos Manu. I love them, they help me here in Rome! Quick question: if we say "noi ci ricordiamo" for 'we remember', do I also then say "io mi ridordo'? Or is "io ridcordo" ok? Must it be reflexive?
Sì, "to remember" is reflexive in Italian, so you should say "(io) mi ricordo". Ricordare - non reflexive - does exist. It means "to remind": ricordami di fare la spesa (remind me to buys some groceries). That MI in ricordami is an indirect object pronoun meaning "to me"
Grazie mille Manu! Tu sei un insegnante fantastico e sono molto grato per i tuoi video! Sopratutto perché tu parli in inglese anche. Grazie!
im Nenu from indonesia.I start learn since midle of september by privat teacher but its not work ... since i watch you make me more understand grazie mile
Good videos from this teacher
I speak arabic, frensh english and i'm a beginner with italian those videos are really helfull thank you so mutch :))
Thank you so much!now I get some of the song lyrics I was wondering about ;)
Very thorough video! Thanks
Non ci credo! Ci sono cosi tanti modi per usare il 'ci'! Mille grazie per una spiegazione molto chiara.
Hay really like Your lessons You are a great teacher
Thank you so much for given us the opportunity to learn italian Language
Mirta from Mar Del Plata
In Buenos Aires Argentina
Thanks! 😘
Manu thank you so much for the time you take to make these videos! They help me so much! :)
such a pleasure to watch. You are awesome!
Grazie mille, Manu. Questo video me ha aiutato molto.
Grazie mille, RedInferno112! Happy to be helping!
Hiya, Great lesson as always but I cannot find where the pdf is.
I have tried many times to download the pdf resources and yet I cannot find where they are located on your website. Please will you advise where to find them.
Amazing teacher.😍🤗
So helpful, thanks for all the work on this video.
prego Rhonda, always happy to help!
Grazie mille , you helped me a lot seniore . God bless you 👍🏻😁😄
Grazie mille, Elena Rediang! Happy to be helping!
this video is wonderful . thank you !!! all you videos that I have watched i the past 2 hours as I just found are excellent !!
It's so strange that 'remember' is reflexive in some languages. The French say 'Je me souvienne' - 'I self-remember'. So do the Germans: 'Ich erinnere mich' - 'I remember-self'. I didn't know the Italians use reflexive 'remember' as well :)) Quite a discovery :)))
Je me souviens* normally and for the subjunctive it's souvienne
Spanish as well, si me acuerdo bien.
As @@fishwax6371 said, in Spanish as well. Acordarse. But we can also say recordar which has the same meaning and it's not reflexive
Maybe it's better saying that remember is not reflexive in few languege
its like that in all romance languages
Finally! I was looking for this lesson! Grazie di cuore♥️
Prego! Sono felice ti piaccia e ti sia utile! 😘
Italy Made Easy 💙💙💙
Thanks very much for sharing! 🌞
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Best lesson Italian lesson I have ever come across... Thank a lot 👍👍👍☕☕I wanna drink coffee wit you..
Very entertaining way to practice and learn l'Italiano
Thank you!
Wow ! Such a good video !!!! You are a great teacher Manu !!!
Thanks to you, A. Cons!
Still live and watch this one!! 20 mins is fine! 25 would be too!
Ciao Manu, Love your new video. Learning so much from your brilliant explanations. Was just puzzling over ci this afternoon. Thanks so much. Marie
Grazie mille, Marie Rodgers! Happy to be helping!
Very helpful!
I've just watched this video but can't find the PDF that you refer to ... what am I missing? Can you point me to it please?
Wow, Manu! This was the most thorough explanation of "ci" I've ever seen. Thank you for taking the time to go through all the uses thoroughly.
I just wanted to say I watched your channel all the time for about a month last summer before going to Italy and had a great time learning and speaking in Italy! Thanks for making great content!
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soooooooooo many thanks....i needed that
Gracias por el. Video
Era un episodio molto utile. Ero confuso per il "ci". Perche ho saputo soltanto due senso di ci = us/to us. Quindi sempre traducevo ci come "us" il che mi resso molto confondere. Adesso capito altri sensi e ce la faccio (invece di posso!) capire un po' meglio. Grazie mille per questo episodio.
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