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Ne abbiamo riempiti trenta stamattina.

Ne abbiamo riempiti trenta stamattina.
We filled thirty of them this morning.
From Lesson 153:Past agreement with 'ne' (ne ho presi)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ne abbiamo riempiti trenta stamattina.

Why does riempiti end in an -i when it uses the auxiliary verb avere?
Usually, past participles used with avere end in -o and do not change. However, when you use the pronoun ne to express a quantity of something, the past participle must agree with the gender and number of the noun ne replaces. Here, riempiti ends in -i, which tells us that the thirty things they filled are masculine and plural.
Where is the "of them" part in the Italian sentence?
That is the word ne at the very beginning of the sentence. In Italian, whenever you state a quantity of something, like trenta, but leave out the noun itself, you must use ne before the verb to represent "of it" or "of them". You cannot just say abbiamo riempiti trenta.
What is the dictionary form of the verb riempiti?
The infinitive is riempire, which means to fill. It is a regular -ire verb, so its default past participle is riempito. In this sentence, the final -o changes to an -i because of the agreement rule with ne.
Is stamattina a single word?
Yes, it is a single word created by combining questa and mattina. You can absolutely still say or write questa mattina to mean this morning, but stamattina is extremely common in everyday Italian.

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