Lesson 21 - Demonstrative adjectives " Questo , questa , quello quella , quei , quelle, ... "
Demonstrative adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives are use to indicate an object or a person in a phrase. They have the same gender and number as the noun to which they refer.
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Near the speaker |
Masculine |
Feminiene |
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Singular |
Questo |
Questa |
This |
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Plural |
Questi |
Queste |
These |
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Far from both listener and speaker |
Masculine |
Feminine |
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Singular |
Quel, quello, quell’ |
Quella , quell’ |
That |
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Plural |
Quei, quegli |
Quelle |
Those |
Questo cane è bianco —> this dog is white
Queste bottiglie sono di vetro —> these bottles are made of glass
Quei soldati sono coraggiosi —> that soldiers are brave
Quel ristorante fa una buona lasagna —> that restaurant has a good lasagna
The demonstrative adjectives ( questo , questa , questi , queste ) indicate something close to the person who is speaking. In front of a vowel you write them as “ quest’ ”.
Ex.
Quest’ aquila è così elegante —> this eagle is so elegant.
Quest’ orologio è di mio nonno —> this watch is of my grandfather
There are some time that the adjective “ questa ” is written as sta- with the word , to indicate “ this ”.
Ex.
Stamattina or questa mattina —> this morning
Stasera or questa sera —> this evening
Stanotte or questa notte —> this night or tonight
Stavolta or questa volta —> this time
The demonstrative adjectives ( quello, quella , quelle , quei , quegli ) indicate something far away to the person who is speaking. “ Quello " and “ quella ” become “ quell’ ” in front of a noun starting with a vowel.
Ex.
Demonstrative adjectives are repeated before each noun.
To highlight more the difference between this and that or these and those , the words “ qui ”, “ qua ” = ( here ) and “ là ”, “ lì ” = ( there ) follow the noun
Ex.
Ti piace di questa macchina o quella lì ? —> Do you like more this car or that one ?
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