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- "I have had enough."
"I have had enough."
Translation:Io ne ho avuto abbastanza.
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In italian you cannot just say "I have had enough" as the object has ben cut of and left implicit. The object, what ever it is, has to be included in the sentence, - something like:
"I have had enough food / wine / love / of you/."
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Ho avuto abbastanza cibo / vino / amore / di te
But in this case we do not know what the object is. (We can imagine it was specified in an imaginary previous sentence like 'Do you need more food' or 'How do you like the neighbours'.)
So we need to replace the object (e.g. the food / the neighbours) with a pronoun like 'of it' or 'of them'. This is where the handy little italian word 'ne' comes in. 'Ne' can have several meanings, including of it / of them.
Ne ho avuto abbastanza.
If you want to you can learn more about 'ne' on Collins dictionary
Thank you! I'm still a bit confused with sentence structures in Italian - why is the "ne" positioned at the front of the sentence?
"Basta" is the 3rd person singular of the verb "bastare" which means "to be enough" So "Basta!" means "It is enough!", shortened to "Enough!" "Abbastanza" is the adverb/adjective.
Brilliant, thanks. I wonder why duo doesn't tell us this sot of thing.
Coz "sufficiente" means "sufficient". And in English you wouldn't say "I have had sufficient", you'd say "enough". Same in italian. But the words are interchangeable in the same context as in English eg "one sandwich is enough/sufficient for me". Hope that helps!
Difficult for a Spanish speaker, as "he comido suficiente" is correct and sounds good. But thank you for your clarification!
You would be right for “I have had enough of them.” If what is meant is “I have had enough of it”, then no.
Actually, on reflection, that sounded wrong, so I checked. The past participle does not agree with ne if ne stands for a phrase introduced by di or da (such as di + noun or pronoun). So, no, there would be no agreement here.
The hovers are nowhere near correct. Why would I pay for this? Are they more accurate with a paid subscription? If so, then the free version is misleading. Honestly, the hovers should reflect whatever level and topic I'm in; to do otherwise doesn't help my learning or my inclination to pay for Duolingo.
