| 7.8.1.3 the adjective demonstrative pronoun quello |
In some cases it is crucial to understand the difference between an adjective demonstrative pronoun and a substantive demonstrative pronoun.
| a) quell' azzurro = this kind of blue b) quello azzurro = this blue one |
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In the case of a) we have a demonstrative adjective pronoun, which matches in gender and number with the noun it describes. In case a) we talk about a special kind of blue (hell, dark, turquoise whatever). Azurro is the noun, quello the adjective describing the noun. In b) quello is the noun and azurro an adjective.
| the adjective demonstrative pronoun quello | |
| => pointing to something | |
| This woman is very pretty. Quella donna che vedi lì è bella. |
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| This man is not poor. Quell' uomo non è povero. |
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| This tree has lost all his leaves. Quell' albero ha perduto tutte le sue foglie. |
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| Nobody needs this woman. Di quegli amici nessuno aveva bisogno. |
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| => stress the singularity | |
| This man is not like the others. | |
| Quell' uomo non era come gli altri. |
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| Those men were still able to work. | |
| Quegli uomini sapevano ancora lavorare. |
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| => pointing to a distance in time | |
| At these times people couldn' t neither read nor write. | |
| A quei tempi la gente non sapeva né scrivere né leggere. |
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