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Non ce la faccio ad ascoltare un'altra offerta.

Non ce la faccio ad ascoltare un'altra offerta.
I can't manage to listen to another offer.
From Lesson 163:Pronominal verbs (farcela, andarsene)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Non ce la faccio ad ascoltare un'altra offerta.

Where does ce la faccio come from?
The infinitive is farcela, which means "to manage," "to succeed," or "to cope." It is made of the verb fare (to do/make) plus two fixed little words: ce and la. When conjugated, fare changes to match the subject (here, faccio for "I"), and the ce and la separate and move in front of the verb.
Does the la in ce la faccio refer to the feminine word offerta?
No! In the verb farcela, the la is a fixed part of the idiom. It never changes to match a noun in the sentence. It is just like saying "I can't manage it" in English, where "it" is just a general concept rather than a specific object.
Why is there an ad before ascoltare instead of just a?
The verb farcela requires the preposition a when it is followed by another verb in the infinitive (like ascoltare). Because ascoltare starts with the vowel "a", the preposition a changes to ad to make the two words sound smoother when spoken together.
Why isn't there an Italian word for "to" after ascoltare?
In English, we say "listen to something." But in Italian, the verb ascoltare already means "to listen to." You don't need an extra preposition; you just put the thing you are listening to right after the verb: ascoltare un'altra offerta.
Why does un'altra have an apostrophe here?
Offerta is a feminine noun, so we need the feminine word for "another," which is una plus altra. Since una ends with a vowel and altra begins with one, Italian drops the last letter of una and replaces it with an apostrophe to fix the vowel crash, creating un'altraaltra.

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