Question 1

Why is there a di before imperdibili?

Accepted Answer

This is a special rule for the partitive pronoun ne. When you use ne to mean "some of them" and want to add an adjective to describe those things, you must insert di before the adjective. Here, ce ne sono di imperdibili translates roughly to "there are some of them that are unmissable."

Question 2

Why is it ce ne sono instead of just ci ne sono?

Accepted Answer

The base phrase for "there are" is ci sono. We are adding ne to mean "some of them". Whenever the pronoun ci is directly followed by another pronoun starting with an n or l (like ne, lo, or la), the ci changes to ce to make pronunciation smoother.

Question 3

What does the ci do in ci vado spesso?

Accepted Answer

In this part of the sentence, ci is a pronoun of location meaning "there." It replaces the phrase alle mostre (to the exhibitions) so you don't have to awkwardly repeat the noun.

Question 4

Mostre is feminine plural, but imperdibili ends in -i. Shouldn't it end in -e?

Accepted Answer

It actually is agreeing correctly! The base singular adjective is imperdibile (unmissable). Adjectives that end in -e in the singular change to -i in the plural for both masculine and feminine nouns. Since it refers back to the feminine plural noun mostre, we use imperdibili.

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