pointing words 2

As promised last week, here are the forms of "that" and its plural "those" in Italian. Remember, this is the demonstrative you use for nouns that are farther away.

Adjectives (Pointing Words to be Used With Nouns)
That/Those

	Masc.	Fem.
Sing.	quel quell’ (before vowel) quello (before gn, ps, etc.)	quella quell’ (before vowel)
Plur.	quei quegli (before vowel, gn, ps, etc.)	quelle

Does this remind you of anything? “Quello” when used as an adjective (i.e. accompanied by a noun) behaves a lot like the definite article (il, l’, lo, etc.).

Bello, when placed before the noun, follows the same pattern as quello.

Pronouns (Stand-Alone Pointing Words)
That/Those

	Masc.	Fem.
Sing.	quello	quella
Plur.	quelli	quelle

When used as a pronoun, “quello” behaves a lot like an adjective, with its o/a/i/e endings.

And that's all there is to it. Check back tomorrow for practice. Ciao for now!