Demonstrative Adjectives
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When demonstrative pronouns questo (questa, questi,
queste) and quello (quella, quelli, quelle) are followed by a noun, they turn into adjectives. The Demonstrative adjective (aggetivi dimostrativi) are:
Codesto refers to something near the person being spoken to, but itis falling into disuse: quello is replacing it. There is elision of questo, questa, and quella before a noun beginning with a vowel. Examples:
Questa is sometimes shortened to "sta" and contracted with the noun it modifies:
Demonstratives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify, and always precede them:
More examples:
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