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pronoun cheh Less Common
Grammar & Structure Pronouns

Also means

there

Usage Note

Ce is the form ci takes before another pronoun or ne, as in ce lo dai? ('will you give it to us?'). It is essential to the ubiquitous ce n'e ('there is/are some') and non ce la faccio ('I can't manage it'), a phrase learners hear constantly.

Examples

"Ce ne sono ancora due."

Natural Translation

There are still two of them.

Literal Translation

There of-them are still two.

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