Learn Italian: Ci penso spesso quando guardo i vecchi progetti; ne abbiamo realizzati di appassionanti. - I think about it often when I look at the old projects; we have realized some thrilling ones.

Ci penso spesso quando guardo i vecchi progetti; ne abbiamo realizzati di appassionanti.

I think about it often when I look at the old projects; we have realized some thrilling ones.

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Questions & Answers about Ci penso spesso quando guardo i vecchi progetti; ne abbiamo realizzati di appassionanti.

Why is there a di before appassionanti?

When the partitive pronoun ne (meaning "of them" or "some") is used with a standalone adjective to say "some [adjective] ones", Italian requires the preposition di before that adjective. Here, ne... di appassionanti means "some thrilling ones" (referring back to the projects).

Why does the past participle realizzati end in -i? Doesn't it usually end in -o with avere?

Normally, verbs conjugated with avere don't change their past participle endings. However, when you use a direct object pronoun like ne before the verb, the participle must agree with the noun being replaced. Since ne refers back to the masculine plural noun progetti, realizzato changes to realizzati.

Why does the sentence start with Ci penso instead of Lo penso?

The verb pensare takes the preposition a when it means "to think about" an object, idea, or person. The pronoun ci is used to replace a plus that object or idea. Therefore, ci penso translates to "I think about it". If you used lo penso, it would mean "I think it" or "I believe so".

Could I use appassionati instead of appassionanti here?