{"id":16428,"date":"2018-06-04T17:38:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=16428"},"modified":"2018-06-04T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:56:55","slug":"i-miss-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/i-miss-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I Miss You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear readers, there are so many grammatical topics that I want to cover that sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin! But let’s strike while the iron is hot and deal with another confusingly back to front concept: mancare<\/strong> = to miss\/to be missing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I miss the sea! Photo by Geoff.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If you’ve come to grips with the reverse thinking that is fundamental to understanding how piacere<\/strong> works, then mancare<\/strong> should be a breeze! Remember how in my series of blogs on piacere<\/strong> I wrote: “in Italian it\u2019s not the person that does the liking, but the thing that pleases the person”<\/em>? Well, exactly the same concept applies to mancare<\/strong>: “in Italian it\u2019s not the person that does the missing, but the thing that is missing from the person”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t read my articles on piacere<\/strong> you can find them here:
\nMi Piace! \u2013 Part 1.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nMi Piace! \u2013 Part 2.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nMi Piace! \u2013 Part 3.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nMi Piace! \u2013 Part 4<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

You’ll also need to know how to use indirect personal pronouns:
\nItalian Indirect Personal Pronouns<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s begin with the present tense conjugations of mancare<\/strong>:
\nio manco<\/strong> = I miss or<\/em> I am missing
\ntu manchi<\/strong> = you miss or<\/em> you are missing
\nlui\/lei manca<\/strong> = he\/she\/it misses or<\/em> he\/she\/it is missing
\nnoi manchiamo<\/strong> = we miss or<\/em> we are missing
\nvoi mancate<\/strong> = you (plural) miss or<\/em> you are missing
\nloro mancano<\/strong> = they miss or<\/em> they are missing<\/p>\n

Just as with piacere<\/strong>, the two conjugations that you’ll use most frequently are the third person singular (manca<\/strong><\/em>) and the third person plural (mancano<\/em><\/strong>).
\nLet’s jump straight into some examples that illustrate how it all works. Unfortunately, whereas with piacere<\/strong> we were able to use the intermediary translation ‘it pleases me\/they please me’, there’s really no satisfactory way of translating mancare<\/strong>, so please bare with the ugly translations that I’ve included purely for illustrative purposes:<\/p>\n

1. Do you miss England? If we turn that around we get the Italian equivalent: ‘Is England missing to you?’ (horrible, right?<\/em>), which in Italian is Ti manca l’Inghilterra?<\/strong>
\n2. I miss my parents. Once again, we turn it around to get: ‘My parents are missing to me’. Hence: Mi mancano i miei genitori.
\n<\/strong>3. I miss you. Hence: You are missing to me. Hence: Mi manchi<\/strong>
\n4. We miss you (plural). Hence: You are missing to us. Hence: Ci mancate<\/strong><\/p>\n

To use mancare<\/strong> in the present perfect (passato prossimo<\/strong><\/em>) tense, you need to follow exactly the same rules as for piacere<\/strong>: Mi Piace! \u2013 Part 3.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\n1. He missed his dog whilst he was away. Hence: His dog was missing to him whilst he was away. Hence: Gli \u00e8 mancato il cane mentre era via<\/strong>
\n2. They missed their daughters when they were on holiday. Hence: Their daughters were missing to them when they were on holiday. Hence: Gli sono mancate le figlie quando erano in vacanza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now try a few for yourselves:<\/span>
\nDo you miss your friends? _______ i tuoi amici?<\/strong>
\nDoes she miss Marco? _______ Marco?
\n<\/strong>I miss the sea _______ il mare
\n<\/strong>I missed Italy when I lived in England _______ l’Italia quando abitavo in Inghilterra
\n<\/strong>I really missed you when you were away _______ molto quando eri via
\n<\/strong>Did you (plural) miss me? _______?
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check the comments section for the correct answers. And as usual, if you have any questions please leave a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Dear readers, there are so many grammatical topics that I want to cover that sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin! But let’s strike while the iron is hot and deal with another confusingly back to front concept: mancare = to miss\/to be missing. If you’ve come to grips with the reverse thinking that…<\/p>\n

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