Ne vuoi ancora un po’?

Do you want some more?

Breakdown of Ne vuoi ancora un po’?

• tu: you
• volere: to want
• ne: of it
• ancora: more

Questions & Answers about Ne vuoi ancora un po’?

What does ne mean in Ne vuoi ancora un po’?

Here ne means of it / of them / some of it. It replaces whatever thing has already been mentioned or is obvious from the context.

So if someone is offering cake, wine, soup, pasta, etc., ne stands for that thing:

• Vuoi ancora un po’ di torta? = Do you want a little more cake?
• Ne vuoi ancora un po’? = Do you want a little more of it?

This is a very common use of ne in Italian when talking about an unspecified quantity.

Why is it vuoi?

Vuoi is the second person singular form of volere in the present tense:

• io voglio = I want
• tu vuoi = you want
• lui/lei vuole = he/she wants

So Ne vuoi ancora un po’? is speaking to one person informally: Do you want some more?

If you were speaking formally to one person, you would usually say:

• Ne vuole ancora un po’?

If you were speaking to more than one person:

• Ne volete ancora un po’?

Why isn’t there a word for you in the sentence?