Italian Demonstrative Determiners (Questo, Quello)

English Demonstratives (This, That)

English Demonstratives are “this” and “that”. “This” refers to an object or person that is relatively closer than “that”.

• “These” is the plural of “this”.
• “Those” is the plural of “that”.

Demonstratives can be a Demonstrative Adjective or a Demonstrative Pronoun:

• Demonstrative Adjective: I want that plate.
• Demonstrative Pronoun: I want that.

Italian Demonstratives

Italian Demonstrative Pronouns:

	Maschile	Femminile	Inglese
Singolare	questo quello	questa quella	this, this one that, that one
Plurale	questi quelli	queste quelle	these, these ones those, those ones

Italian Demonstrative Adjective Questo (This, These):

	Maschile	Femminile	Inglese
Singolare	questo	questa	this
Plurale	questi	queste	these

Italian Demonstrative Adjective Quello (That, Those):

	Maschile	Femminile	Inglese	Before Noun Starting with:
Singolare	quel quello quell’	quella quell’	this	Most Consonants Z, S+c Vowel
Plurale	quei quegli	quelle	these	Most Consonants Z, S+c, Vowel