Breakdown of Ce l'hai ancora con me per quello che è successo ieri?
quello
that
con
with
per
for / in order to / because of
me
me
ieri
yesterday
succedere
to happen
ancora
yet / still
che
who, that (relative pronoun)
avercela
to be angry with, to hold a grudge
Questions & Answers about Ce l'hai ancora con me per quello che è successo ieri?
What exactly does ce l'hai mean here, and what is the infinitive?
It comes from the pronominal verb avercela (con qualcuno), which means "to be angry" or "to be upset with someone." It is made of the verb avere + the pronoun ci (which changes to ce before another pronoun) + the pronoun la. In this idiom, the la doesn't replace a specific feminine noun; it just refers abstractly to the anger or the issue. Literally, it's like asking "do you have it with me?"
Why is it written as l'hai instead of la hai?
When the direct object pronouns lo or la are followed by a form of the verb avere that begins with an 'h' (like ho, hai, ha, or hanno), the vowel is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe to make pronunciation smoother. So, ce la hai becomes ce l'hai.
Why does the sentence use quello che for "what" instead of just cosa?
Why is the auxiliary verb essere used in è successo instead of avere?
The verb succedere (to happen) is an intransitive verb that describes an event occurring or a change of state. In the passato prossimo, these types of verbs take essere as their auxiliary verb rather than avere. (Don't confuse this with the phrase avere successo, which means "to be successful"!)
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