No. 88 in Italian
negli
"In the" (used with plural masculine nouns).
In a sentence
Viviamo negli Stati Uniti.
We live in the United States.
The word 'negli' is the contraction of 'in' and the plural masculine article 'gli', and it's used here to indicate location in a plural masculine place, 'Stati Uniti'.
Negli ultimi anni, molte cose sono cambiate.
In recent years, many things have changed.
Here, 'negli' combines 'in' with 'gli' to indicate a period of time described by the plural masculine phrase 'ultimi anni'.
Ci sono molti libri negli scaffali.
There are many books on the shelves.
In this sentence, 'negli' is used as 'in' plus 'gli', referring to a specific location described by the plural masculine noun 'scaffali'.
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