{"id":7224,"date":"2014-09-18T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=7224"},"modified":"2014-09-18T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T11:10:14","slug":"te-ne-vai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/te-ne-vai\/","title":{"rendered":"Te Ne Vai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ne<\/strong> is one of those famous tricky little words that is guaranteed to frustrate any student of Italian. A few years ago we wrote THIS BLOG<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/a> on the subject, and I strongly advise anyone who is having problems with the use of ne<\/strong> to read it through thoroughly. Today though, I\u2019m going to follow Mary Poppin\u2019s philosophy of \u2018a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down\u2019<\/em>. The medicine is ne<\/strong>, and the sugar is a lovely song by Annalisa Scarrone<\/strong> called Per Una Notte o Per Sempre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Listen to the song by clicking on the photo below. You can follow the lyrics, referring to my English translation if need be. At the end of the blog I give a brief explanation of the use of ne<\/strong> in this song, together with conjugations of andarsene<\/strong> in the present tense.<\/p>\n

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\"annalisa_scarrone-nuovo-singolo\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO LISTEN TO  \u2018PER UNA NOTTE O PER SEMPRE\u2019<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Non ci sar\u00e0 pi\u00f9 l’estate
non ci saranno pi\u00f9 le passeggiate
tra quei sogni e i papaveri che immaginavamo
solo per noi.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019ll be no more summer
There\u2019ll be no more walks
amongst those dreams and the poppies that we imagined
were just for us<\/font><\/p>\n

Vai te ne vai
come fosse normale
vai ti riprendi le mani
e mi ridai le paure
vai te ne vai per una notte
o per sempre finger\u00f2
che sia uguale se te ne vai vai vai vai.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Go, you go away
as if it were normal
go, you withdraw your hands
and you give back my fears
go, you go away, for a night
or for ever, I\u2019ll pretend
that it doesn\u2019t matter if you go away, go, go , go<\/font><\/p>\n

Non ci sar\u00e0 pi\u00f9 l’estate
tutto torner\u00e0 alla sua folle banalit\u00e0
e un giorno sar\u00e0 normale
persino incontrarti con un’altra
io canter\u00f2 per strada con la chitarra
e il cuore affranto. <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

There’ll be no more summer
everything will go back to its crazy banality
and one day it will even be normal
to meet you with someone else (N.B. un\u2019altra<\/strong> = another female)
I\u2019ll sing in the street with a guitar
and a broken heart<\/font><\/p>\n

Vai te ne vai
come fosse normale
vai ti riprendi le mani
e mi ridai le paure
vai come fai per una notte o per sempre
come fa tutta la gente vai vai vai vai
senza fare troppe storie senza fare rumore
te ne vai vai vai vai vai vai vai….<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Go, you go away
as if it was normal
go, you withdraw your hands
and you give back my fears
go, as you do, for a night or forever
like everyone does, go, go, go, go
without to much fuss, without making a noise
you go away, go, go, go etc..<\/font><\/p>\n

Andarsene<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Andarsene<\/strong> is a reflexive form of the verb andare<\/strong> = to go, in which ne<\/strong> has the meaning of \u2018from here\u2019. Here\u2019s the conjugation in the present tense:<\/p>\n

io me ne vado<\/strong> = I go away
tu te ne vai<\/strong> = you go away
lui\/lei se ne va<\/strong> = he\/she goes away
noi ce ne andiamo<\/strong> = we go away
voi ve ne andate<\/strong> = you (plural) go away
loro se ne vanno<\/strong> = they go away<\/p>\n

The imperative, vattene!<\/strong> = go away!, is used when you are angry with someone, or someone is bothering you.<\/p>\n

Okay, il blog \u00e8 finito, adesso me ne vado \u2026.<\/strong> = the blog\u2019s finished, now I\u2019m off \u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ne is one of those famous tricky little words that is guaranteed to frustrate any student of Italian. A few years ago we wrote THIS BLOG on the subject, and I strongly advise anyone who is having problems with the use of ne to read it through thoroughly. Today though, I\u2019m going to follow Mary…<\/p>\n

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