This, That, These, Those

These pronouns are used to refer to one or more object or thing. For a new speaker, they are especially useful when one does not know what something is called, yet can still refer to when communicating.

There are three ways to say "This" and two ways to say "These". This is because a different form is used depending on gender and quantity of the noun.

In addition, there are four ways to say "That" and three ways to say "Those" depending on the gender and quantity.

When these words are used with without a noun, they become a pronoun, and they must still use the gender and plurality of the noun they are referring to.

Italian	English	Gender	Plurality	Rule	Example
Quest’	This	All	Singular	noun starts with a vowel	Quest'albero This Tree
Questo	This	M	Singular	noun starts with a consonant	Questo ragazzo This boy
Questa	This	F	Singular	noun starts with a consonant	Questa bicicletta this bicycle
Questi	These	M	Plural	all nouns	Questi ragazzi These boys
Queste	These	F	Plural	all nouns	Queste biciclette these bicycles

Quell’	That	All	Singular	before nouns starting with a vowel	Quell'albero that tree
Quello	That	M	Singular	before nouns starting with Z or an S + a consonant	Quello studente that student
Quel	That	M	Singular	before all other nouns	Quel ragazzo that boy
Quella	That	F	Singular	for feminine nouns not starting with a vowel	Quella bicicletta that bicycle
Quegli	Those	M	Plural	for nouns starting with a vowel, Z or an S + a consonant	Quegli uomini those men
Quei	Those	M	Plural	for all other nouns	Quei ragazzi those boys
Quelle	Those	F	Plural	before all feminine nouns	Quelle biciclette those bicycles

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