Learn Italian: Ci alleiamo dopo il tradimento. - We form an alliance after the betrayal.

Ci alleiamo dopo il tradimento.

We form an alliance after the betrayal.

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Questions & Answers about Ci alleiamo dopo il tradimento.

Why do we need the pronoun ci here?

Ci makes the verb reciprocal here. The base verb alleare means "to unite" or "to combine" (usually things or other people). When people or groups form a pact with one another, Italian uses the reflexive form allearsi (to ally oneself / to form an alliance). Therefore, ci alleiamo literally means "we ally ourselves."

Since the stem of allearsi ends in an "e", why is the noi conjugation alleiamo and not alliamo?

For regular verbs ending in -eare (like alleare or creare), you keep the e from the stem and just add the standard endings. So for the noi form, the stem alle- plus the standard ending -iamo correctly becomes alleiamo.

I often see dopo di used for "after". Why is there no di before il tradimento?

When dopo is followed directly by a noun or noun phrase (like il tradimento), you do not use di. You only use di when dopo is followed by a personal pronoun, such as in dopo di noi (after us) or dopo di lui (after him).

How is the noun tradimento formed?