n'hi

Combined N'hi

Level 4

N’hi combines partitive en with hi, often when a quantity appears with haver-hi.

How It Works

Hi ha tres llibres becomes n'hi ha tres when the noun is understood. En represents the counted things and hi belongs to the existential construction. Keep the numeral or another quantity such as molts, prou or cap.

The same written combination can represent an object and a location with another verb: posa pomes al cistell becomes n'hi posa. The functions must be recovered from context; n'hi is not a single word that always means there are.

The apostrophe joins en to hi as n'hi. Existential formal agreement remains singular: n'hi havia moltes, with the feminine plural carried by moltes rather than by haver. Recipient interpretations of n'hi in some varieties are a separate combination.

Examples (3)

  1. N'hi ha tres.

    There are three of them.

  2. No n'hi havia cap.

    There were none of them.

  3. Al cistell, n'hi posa dues.

    She puts two of them in the basket.

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Learn This First

Recognize existential en + hi before using compound quantitative statements. Keep the quantity when en replaces an understood noun. Recover a location with hi before combining it with another pronoun.

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