Demonstrative | It. example | It. tag |
questo | PD/ms | |
quello | PD/ms | |
Among the Demonstratives, the most used are: `questo', `codesto' and `quello'. Deixis is implicitly contained in demonstratives, but not presently encoded:
``Usa queste (PD/fs), non prendere quelle (PD/fp).''
While the others can be used as pronouns or pronominal adjectives, `ció' only has pronoun function:
``ció é vero.'' -- PD/nn
`Questi', `quegli', `costui' and `colui' are pronouns used only for humans; `questi' and `quegli' are scarcely used and archaic, refer to the singular:
``Questi é un bell'uomo.'' -- PD/ms
`Stesso' and `medesimo' can be demonstrative pronouns.