What is an interrogative adjective?
Interrogative adjectives - Easy Learning Grammar Italian
An interrogative adjective is a question word such as which, what or how much
that is used when asking about a noun, for example: Which colour?; What size?;
How much sugar?
- In Italian the interrogative adjectives are che, quale and quanto.
- che and quale are used to ask which or what:
- Use che or quale with singular nouns.
|Che giorno è oggi?||What day is it today?|
|A che ora ti alzi?||What time do you get up at?|
|Quale tipo vuoi?||What kind do you want?|
|Per quale squadra tifi?||Which team do you support?|
- Use che or quali with plural nouns.
|Che gusti preferisci?||Which flavours do you like best?|
|Quali programmi hai?||What plans have you got?|
- Use quanto with masculine nouns and quanta with feminine nouns to ask how much.
|Quanto pane hai comprato?||How much bread did you buy?|
|Quanta minestra vuoi?||How much soup do you want?|
- Use quanti with masculine nouns and quante with feminine nouns to ask how many.
|Quanti bicchieri ci sono?||How many glasses are there?|
|Quante uova vuoi?||How many eggs do you want?|
- For more information on Questions, see Questions.
- Use che with any noun to mean which or what.
- quale has the plural form quali.
- quanto has feminine and plural forms.