Word
Il pubblico applaude e l'attore ne è fiero.
Meaning
The audience applauds and the actor is proud of it.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Il pubblico applaude e l'attore ne è fiero.
essere
to be
e
and
l'attore
the actor (m)
ne
of it / of them / some (pronoun)
Questions & Answers about Il pubblico applaude e l'attore ne è fiero.
What exactly does ne replace in this sentence?
In this sentence, ne acts as a propositional pronoun, meaning it refers back to the entire previous clause rather than just a single noun. It replaces the phrase di questo (of this). The actor is proud of the fact that the audience is applauding. We use ne to represent this whole idea because the adjective fiero requires the preposition di (essere fiero di qualcosa).
Why does pubblico take a singular verb (applaude) when an audience is made of many people?
In Italian, collective nouns like il pubblico (the audience), la gente (the people), or la squadra (the team) are strictly singular in their grammar. Even though they represent a group of individuals, they always take a third-person singular verb.
Could I use orgoglioso instead of fiero?
Why is ne placed before è rather than next to fiero?