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C’è una luce. Cio e una luce. (It's a light.) Are both Italian sentences correct?
I'm not sure about "extension version" of Italian "c’è".
I think that "ciò e" has the same meaning - "it is" in english.
Example: C’è una luce. - It's a light.
It should be correctly also: Cio e una luce.
Have I written a few mistakes above?
Can anyone explane it.
Jan 28, 2016 11:34 PM
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a1) c'e` una luce
is a contraction of:
a2) ci e` una luce
The particle /ci/ in this case has the meaning of one of: qui, la` (here, there)
The word /cio`/ which has the meaning that you said is never changed.
There is another word: cioe`, that derives from cio` and means /it means/, somebody uses
cioe` as a meaningless filler in the conversation, which (in my view) is quite ugly to listen to.
/ci/ has also other meanings, like: /to us/.
January 28, 2016
Hi my friend. I'm italian. "C'è" it means "There is". "Ciò" is like i'm saying "this/that".
-C'è una luce nella stanza (There is a light in the room)
-Ho visto ciò che mi piace (I saw the thing that i like).
Never use ciò for refereing at the subject.
I hope I've helped you a bit. Let me know. Bye
January 28, 2016
