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- "I cannot believe it."
"I cannot believe it."
Translation:Non ci posso credere.
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Yep, all the translations you said above are acceptable with lo, but there's also "non ci credo" that is ok while "non lo credo" isn't. Ci is much preferrable.
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Go one confuse me even more! However had this been an option I would have used it. Thankyou
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I would have used "lo" if it had been an option I can't remember having seen "ci" used in this context, but thankyou for the explanation.
There is definitely "it" in Italian. The sentence structures between English and Italian are different but this does not mean that Italian does not have or use the word "it." For example, in É difficile the "it" is understood, but in l'ho comprato or l'ha comprata, lo and la mean "it," while indicating the gender and number.
Ci has multiple uses, the most common being there and us.
i think what juliap meant is that even though we translate phrases to 'it' (because it's the correct way of expressing it in English), such a gender neutral form does not actually exist in Italian! Every English 'it' is actually expressed by either a masculine or a feminine pronoun in Italian, even if we don't directly translate it that way.
But I agree that that's not acutally relevant for Amuglot's question, which makes perfect sense. ;)
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non lo posso credere accepted 25 June 2018. Without any explanation as to why one would use ci instead of lo, Duo drops the ball yet again.
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My guess would be this means more, 'I can't believe', rather than, 'I can't believe IT' - maybe more philosophical than specific!?
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Can anyone explain the positioning of ci? Have to say i am struggling with clitics - no clear reason for their position in sentences nor which one to use. I need some clear comprehensive grammar notes do i can get my head round it.
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So, non ci posso credere AND non lo posso credere both meanI can't believe it. Is that correct?
What is the difference between Non *ci * posso credere. and Non lo posso credere.?
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no way jose! one step from a perfect score and it does me like that ... non ci posso credere! not right. They should be ENCOURAGING you to use this program yet it seems that it finds a way to find something WRONG.