Demonstrative Pronouns

They are used to indicate a person or an object, as if pointing towards it with a finger. As for the possessives, the adjectives and the pronouns for the demonstratives have the same form. The Demonstrative Pronouns are:

	Singolare	Singular	Plurale	Plural
Masc.	questo	this / this one	questi	these / these ones
Fem.	questa	this / this one	queste	these / these ones
Masc.	quello	that / that one	quelli	those / those ones
Fem.	quella	that / that one	quelle	those / those ones

Examples:

Questo è il tuo cane » this is your dog, or this one is your dog
Quella è mia madre » that one (= that woman) is my mother
Quelli sono i suoi libri » those are his/her books, or those ones are his/her books
Queste sono le nostre zie » these are our aunts or these ones are our aunts
Questa e quella sono identiche » this one and that one are identical

These pronouns may be used either as a subject of the sentence (as in the previous examples), or as an object (as in the following sentences), in which case the English translation always includes ...one:

(egli / ella) non prese questa, ma quella » he / she did not take this one, but that one
(tu) comprerai quelli » you will buy those ones
Domani vernicerò questi » tomorrow I will paint these ones
Preferite questo o quello? » do you prefer this one or that one?