esserci

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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èsserci (pronominal, first-person singular present ci sóno, first-person singular past historic ci fùi, past participle stàto, first-person singular imperfect ci èro, first-person singular future ci sarò, first-person singular subjunctive ci sìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive ci fóssi, second-person singular imperative sìici, auxiliary èssere)

  1. there (to) be
  2. to take place; to occur (of an event, phenomenon, etc.)
    Quando c'è la lezione?
    When is class?
    (literally, “When will the lesson take place?”)
  3. (intransitive) to exist or take place [with tra ‘between two people’] (of an amorous relationship)
    Synonym: intercorrere
    Non c'era niente tra di loro.
    They were not together [romantically].
    (literally, “There was nothing [romantic] between them.”)
  4. to live; to be alive
    Papà non c'è più.
    Dad is no longer alive.
    (literally, “Dad is not there any more.”)
  5. to reach a goal; to make it
    Dai che ci sei!
    Come on now that you'll make it!
    Non ci siamo.
    It is not quite there.[1]
  6. to understand; to get it

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ "It" could alternatively be replaced with "we" or "you" in translation. The sentence expresses that the project, development, etc. has not been successful or is not quite good enough.

Anagrams

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