‘Quanti panini vuoi?’ ‘Ne voglio uno.’ ‘Quanti panini vuoi?’ ‘Li voglio tutti.’ ‘Quante arance hai mangiato?’ ‘Ne ho mangiate due.’ ‘Quante arance hai mangiato?’ ‘Le ho mangiate tutte.’ ‘How many sandwiches do you want?’ ‘I want one (of them).’ ‘How many sandwiches do you want?’ ‘I want them all/all of them.’ ‘How many oranges did you eat?’ ‘I ate two (of them).’ ‘How many oranges did you eat?’ ‘I ate them all/all of them.’ ‘Quanto zucchero  [ms]  compri?’ ‘Ne compro due chili.’ ‘Quanta farina  [fs]  compri?’ ‘Ne compro solo mezzo chilo.’ ‘Quanti amici  [mp]  inviti?’ ‘Ne invito tre.’ ‘Quante mele  [fp]  vuoi?’ ‘Ne voglio tre chili.’ ‘How much sugar are you buying?’ ‘I’m getting two kilos.’ ‘How much  fl our are you going to get?’ ‘I’m only getting half a kilo.’ ‘How many friends are you inviting?’ ‘I’m inviting three.’ ‘How many apples do you want?’ ‘I want three kilos.’ Non ho comprato del pane perché ne ho ancora abbastanza. ‘Hai molti CD?’ ‘Sì, ne ho molti.’ ‘Hai tutti i libri che ti servono?’ ‘No, ne ho solo alcuni.’ Quei biscotti sono molto buoni, ne prendo ancora qualcuno. I didn’t buy any bread because I’ve still got enough. ‘Have you got many CDs?’ ‘Ye s, I ’ve got a lot.’ ‘Have you got all the books you need?’ ‘No, I’ve only got a few.’ Those biscuits are very good, I’ll have some more. ‘Bevi molto ca ff è?’ ‘No, non ne bevo a ff atto.’ Ho invitato dieci amici, ma non ne è venuto nessuno. ‘Do you drink much co ff ee?’ ‘No, I don’t drink it at all.’ I invited ten friends, but none of them came. 4 Ne  is also used in negative expressions such as  non . . . a ff atto  (not . . . at all),  non . . . nessuno / nessuna  (not . . . anyone),  non . . . più  (not . . . any more): 3 As we have seen,  ne  is used when referring to partial quantities, however expressed. Some expressions which require the use of  ne  are the adverb abbastanza  (enough/quite), the adjectives  molto ,  poco ,  troppo ,  alcuni / alcune (some/any (plural) ), and the pronoun  qualcuno / qualcuna  (some/any), which is always  singular : 2 The pronoun  ne  is invariable, and can thus replace any noun, whether masculine, feminine, singular or plural: Unit 17 121