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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?
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.