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Non ho più fiammiferi per la candela.

Non ho più fiammiferi per la candela.
I have no more matches for the candle.
From Lesson 122:Irregular informal commands (sii, fa', sta')·Italian

Questions & Answers about Non ho più fiammiferi per la candela.

How does non ... più work in this sentence?
Non ... più is a standard pair of negative words that means "not anymore" or "no more". You put the verb between them. So, non ho più translates to "I don't have anymore" or "I have no more".
What if I leave out the non and just say ho più fiammiferi?
That would completely change the meaning! Without the negative non, the word più just means "more". So, ho più fiammiferi means "I have more matches" (a larger quantity), rather than "I have no more matches".
Why isn't there a word for "any" before fiammiferi?
In general negative statements like this, Italian usually leaves out the article entirely. If the sentence were positive, you would use a word for "some" (dei): Ho dei fiammiferi (I have some matches). But in the negative, it is just Non ho fiammiferi (I don't have matches).
What is the singular form of fiammiferi?
The singular is fiammifero (match). It is a regular masculine noun, so its -o ending simply changes to an -i in the plural.

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