Home
  • About Learning Italian
  • Beginners
  • Typical Phrases
  • Italian Grammer
  • Verbs
  • Typical Expressions
  • News
  • Forum
  • Travel
    • Travel
    • Itineraries
    • Shopping
    • Activities
    • Holidays
    • Regions of Italy
    • Video
    • Italy with Kids
    • Historic Roads
    • Weddings
  • Food & Wines
    • Cooking Italian Style
    • Food Products
    • Food Recipes
    • Italian Food Articles
    • Nonna's food
    • Wine
  • Culture
    • Art in Italy
    • Business
    • General Culture
    • Heritage
    • Heroes & Villains
    • Religion
    • Writers
    • History
    • Schools
  • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Movies
    • Sport
    • Celebrities
    • Games
    • Gossip
    • Humor
    • Italian Cars
    • Motorcycles
    • Potpourry
    • Television
  • Fashion
    • Men's Fashion
    • Women Fashion
    • Beauty
    • About Italian Fashion
    • Fashion Accessories
    • Fashion Houses
    • Italian Style
  • Real Estate
    • Moving to Italy
    • Mortgages
  • RENTALS
  • Learn Italian
    • About Learning Italian
    • Beginners
    • Typical Phrases
    • Italian Grammar
    • Verbs
    • Typical Expressions
  • Home & Garden
    • Interior Design
    • Decorating Articles
    • Furniture
    • Italian Design
    • Murano Glass
    • Italian Gardens
  • Weather
  • News
  • Forum
  • Travel
  • Food & Wines
  • Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • Fashion
  • Real Estate
  • RENTALS
  • Learn Italian
  • Home & Garden
  • Weather
// Home // Italian // Grammar // Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives

Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives

  • Grammar
Learn About Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives in Italian
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Mp3 Audio: 

It look's like you don't have Adobe Flash Player installed. Get it now.

Read on to find out all about the use of indefinite pronouns and adjectives in Italian. First things first, what is a pronoun? It is a variable word that can take the place of a noun (person, place or thing). And what is an adjective? It is also a variable word, which can modify a noun. Indefinite pronouns or adjectives indicate, in an unspecified manner, a quality or quantity related to the noun they are replacing or accompanying. Examples of indefinite pronouns in English include some, enough, several, many (these are known as quantifiers); all, both, every (known as universals); and any, anyone, either, neither, nobody (paritives). Here are some examples of indefinite pronouns (pronomi) and adjectives (aggettivi) in Italian:

 

AGGETTIVI E PRONOMI   = nessuno, alcuno, tale qualcosa, certo, ciascuno, altro

SOLO AGGETIVI = ogni, qualche, qualsiasi, qualunque, qualsivoglia

SOLO PRONOMI = uno, qualcuno, chiunque, niente, nulla

 

Ciascuno nasce con il suo destino = Everyone is born with their own destiny.

C'è qualcosa che non va = There is something wrong.

Posso fare qualcosa per te?  = Can I do something for you?

C'è qualcuno lì? = Is anyone there?

Questi dolci sono squisiti, posso averne qualcun altro? =  These cakes are delicious, can I have some more?

Everybody thinks so = Tutti la pensano così.

Get me any newspaper = Prendimi qualsiasi giornale.

Few will understand this movie = Pochi capiranno questo film.

Do you have enough money? = Hai abbastanza denaro?

There is plenty of time  = C'è ancora molto tempo.

Some books are boring = Alcuni libri sono noiosi.

 

The indefinite adjectives nessuno (no one/nobody) and ciascuno (everyone/everybody) can only be singular. When nessuno, niente or nulla (no one/nobody, nothing, none) are used after a verb, "non" must be added to the sentence. Eg: Non ti posso aiutare in nessun modo = There is no way I can help you. In this case posso is the verb.

The undefinite adjectives qualche and alcuni/alcune have the same meaning, but when qualche is used its invariable and always singular. Eg. Qualche parte, in qualche modo, qualche posto, qualche difficoltà, qualche dubbio.

Exercise

Fill in the blanks using the correct pronoun or adjective from this list: qualcosa • troppo • molti •alcune • qualsiasi • qualcuno • poca • ogni

In questa città ci sono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stranieri.

La mia  amica mangia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .frutta e verdura e così gli mancano . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vitamine.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ha visto la mia amica Cristina?

Francesca  è sempre in ritardo perché ha . . . . . .da fare con i bambini.

In questa frase c'è . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .che non va.

Fa' più attenzione: in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .esercizio ci sono almeno dieci errori!

Vieni pure a trovarmi in un giorno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., sono sempre a casa.

Oggi ho guardato. . . . . . . . . . . . . la televisione ed adesso ho mal di testa.

 

 

Answers: Molti, poca/alcune, qualcuno, troppo, qualcosa, ogni, qualsiasi, troppo.

 

 

By Elisa Bressan

No votes yet
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • Furl
  • Google
  • Magnoliacom
  • Newsvine
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo
  • Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly version
  • ShareThis

Grammar

  • Italian Grammar
  • Accents and Apostrophes in Italian Grammar
  • Adjectives I
  • Adjectives II
  • Adverbs in Italian Grammar
  • Adverbs Used to Talk About Time in Italian
  • Articles
  • Complements in Italian Grammar
  • Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives
  • Descriptive Adjectives in Italian Grammar
  • Diminutive, Comparative, and Superlative
  • Idioms with the verb "Fare"
  • Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives
  • Interrogative Pronouns and Adverbs
  • Interrogative Pronouns in Italian
  • Name: What is a Name?
  • Negative Sentences
  • Nouns and Gender
  • Plural in Italian
  • Possessive Pronouns Adjectives
  • Prepositions in Italian
  • Prepositions of Place in Italian
  • Pronouns I
  • Pronouns II
  • Pronouns Ci vs Ne
  • Punctuation
  • Relative Pronouns in Italian
  • Preposition A
more

  • Contact us
  • News Feed
  • About Us
  • Advertising
Newsletter
Newsletter