C'era... is a literal Italian equivalent of the incomplete English phrase "It was... ." The indefinite pronoun ce ("it," "this") leaves off the vowel when it occurs before a verb whose spelling begins with a vowel. The pronunciation will be "TCHEY-ra" in Italian.
When translated from English to Italian a raccoon is a procione
"About" in English is circa in Italian.
"Out" in English is fuori in Italian.
"Or" in English is o in Italian.
"Not italian" in English is non italiano in Italian.
"To have" in English means avere in Italian.
"How is he?" in English is Come sta? in Italian.
"Who we are" in English is Chi siamo in Italian.
"About me!" in English is Su di me! in Italian.
"And you?" in English is E tu? in Italian.
"You did" in English is Hai fatto! in Italian.
"We had to..." in English is Abbiamo dovuto... in Italian.