‘Hai ancora soldi?’ ‘No, non ne ho più.’ ‘Have you still got money?’ ‘No, I’ve got none left.’ Quante riviste hai comprato? How many magazines did you buy? Ne ho comprat a  una  [fs] . Ne ho comprat e  due  [fp] . I bought one. I bought two. Quanti esercizi  [m]  avete fatto? How many exercises have you done? Ne abbiamo fatt o  uno solo  [ms] . Ne abbiamo fatt i  quattro  [mp] . We’ve only done one. We’ve done four. Dovevo fare molti  esercizi,  ma ne  ho fatt o  solo  qualcuno.  Dovevo fare molti  esercizi,  ma ne  ho fatt i  solo  alcuni.  I was supposed to do a lot of exercises, but I only did a few. Here, the ending of  fatto  must be masculine, but whether it is singular or plural will depend on how many exercises have been done: The same rule applies when the quantity is expressed by  qualcuno / qualcuna (remember that this is always singular) or  alcuni / alcune  (plural): The same applies when  ne  replaces a masculine noun: In the answer to this question, the ending of  comprato  will depend on the gender  of  rivista  (feminine) and on whether you bought  one  magazine (singular) or  more than  one (plural): 5 When  ne  is used in a sentence where the quantity is expressed by a number, the past participle must agree in gender with the noun it replaces, and in number (i.e. singular or plural) with the quantity of what  ne  stands for. Take this question: When  ne  is used with a verb in the present perfect (or any other compound tense), there are certain rules governing the agreement of the past participle. Agreement of the past participle As these examples show, the negative is formed by putting  non  before  ne . 122 Unit 17