3B Interrogatives & demonstratives Flashcards
What?
…to ask for an explanation or definition
che cosa /
che /
cosa
What / which?
…to ask for specific information
**which: **quale?
…Quale donna è tua zia?
(Which woman is your aunt?)
**what is: **qual è?
Using “what is…?”
explanation: che cos’è…
Che cos’è la paleontologia?
What is paleontology?
specific info: qual è…
Qual è il suo indrizzo?
What is your address?
Who / whom?
chi?
how?
come?
Tell me what a specific person is like…
Describe them…
Com’è Gianni?
(Come è Gianni? …
…How is Gianni?)
Where?
dove?
Why?
perché?
(note: é not è)
When?
(as a general question)
quando?
When, as in “at what time”?
A che ore?
How much?
How many?
How much: quanto?
How many: quanti?
From where…?
(Where from…?)
Da dove…?
Noun / subject placement with respect to an interrogative…
Noun is usually placed at the end of the sentence, when it begins with an interoggative
(Dove abita l’ingegnere?)
Interrogatives with prepositions…
Prepositions preceed interogatives
(Da dove…)
(Con chi…)
Demonstrative pronouns:
Refer to the items that are being discussed…
this: questo
that: quello
Demonstrative pronouns must agree with the nouns they modify…
this: questo/questa
these: questi/queste
that: quello/quella
those: quelli/quelle
questo (this) before a vowel…
quest’ (singular & plural)
…quest’orologio (this clock)
…quest’attività (these activities)
quello (that) follows same pattern as bello
MS: quel / quello / quell’
FS: quella / quell’
MP: quei / quegli
FP: quelle
