Breakdown of Non mangio né la carne cruda né il pesce bruciato.
non
not
il pesce
the fish
mangiare
to eat
la carne
the meat
né
neither / nor
crudo
raw
bruciato
burnt
Questions & Answers about Non mangio né la carne cruda né il pesce bruciato.
Why is there a non at the beginning if we already have né ... né for 'neither ... nor'?
Why does né have an accent mark?
The accent mark shows that it means 'nor'. Without the accent, ne is a completely different word (a pronoun often meaning 'of it' or 'some of it').
The English translation says 'neither raw meat nor burnt fish', without 'the'. Why does Italian use la and il here?
In Italian, you generally need to include definite articles (la, il) after né when talking about broad categories or specific items. English drops them, but Italian keeps them to show exactly what is being excluded.
Why do cruda and bruciato come after the nouns they describe?
In Italian, descriptive adjectives like cruda (raw) and bruciato (burnt) almost always go directly after the noun they describe. They also change their endings to match the gender of the noun: cruda is feminine singular to match carne, and bruciato is masculine singular to match pesce.
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