Mica — Colloquial Negative Emphasis — Emphatic Structures — Strutture Enfatiche (B2)

Emphatic Structures — Strutture Enfatiche·Mica — Colloquial Negative Emphasis

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Rule reminder

Mica is a colloquial negative intensifier. With non: 'non è mica stupido' = 'he's not stupid at all / don't think he's stupid.' Without non (literary/elevated register): 'mica facile' = 'not at all easy.' It often implies the speaker is correcting an assumption.

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