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Ci mostrano il castello.

Ci mostrano il castello.
They show us the castle.
From Lesson 62:Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)·Italian

Breakdown of Ci mostrano il castello.

il castello
the castle
mostrare
to show
ci
to us

Questions & Answers about Ci mostrano il castello.

Why does ci come before the verb instead of after it?
In Italian, indirect object pronouns like ci (meaning "to us") usually go right before the conjugated verb. While in English you say "They show us", the Italian word order is like saying "To us they show" (Ci mostrano).
Does ci mean "us" or "to us" here?
In this sentence, ci acts as an indirect object, so it means "to us". The verb mostrare (to show) works like "to show something to someone". Therefore, Ci mostrano il castello literally means "They show the castle to us".
Where is the word for "they" in this sentence?
Italian often drops the subject pronoun (like loro for "they") because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. The verb mostrare (to show) ends in -ano here (mostrano), which is the standard "they" ending for regular -are verbs.
How do you pronounce ci?
It is pronounced like "chee". In Italian, when the letter c is followed by an i or an e, it makes a "ch" sound, just like the beginning of the English word "cheese".

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