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To ask who an object belongs to, Italian uses the phrase **di chi** (literally, "of whom").

Pair **di chi** with the verb **essere** (to be). Unlike English, where "whose" often goes directly before the noun ("Whose case is this?"), Italian structures the question as "Of whom is this case?" (*Di chi è questa custodia?*).

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### Identifying lost items

At a lost and found desk, an owner must also identify and describe the object.

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### Appartenere (To belong)

To talk about ownership using the verb **appartenere** (to belong), replace **di chi** (of whom) with **a chi** (to whom).

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### Making a claim

To officially get your belongings back, you may need to file a formal report (*la denuncia*).

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Asking whose (di chi)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Subject pronouns and the verb to be (io sono)

Singular definite articles (il, la)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Question	Answer
case/cover	la custodia
to find again	ritrovare
Whose case is this that we found in the park?	Di chi è questa custodia che abbiamo ritrovato nel parco?
earring	l'orecchino
to describe	descrivere
Whose earring is it? You must describe it.	Di chi è l'orecchino? Lo deve descrivere.
badge/ID	il tesserino
to identify	identificare
Whose badge is this? We must identify it.	Di chi è questo tesserino? Dobbiamo identificarlo.
wrist	il polso
Whose wristwatch was found in the bag?	Di chi è l'orologio da polso trovato nella borsa?
We found something precious, whose is it?	Abbiamo ritrovato qualcosa di prezioso, di chi è?
Whose backpack is this? We must describe something useful to find the owner.	Di chi è lo zaino? Dobbiamo descrivere qualcosa di utile per ritrovare il proprietario.
to belong	appartenere
Whose bag is this, and to whom do the documents belong?	Di chi è questa borsa, e a chi appartengono i documenti?
to claim (demand)	reclamare
No one can claim what does not belong to them.	Nessuno può reclamare ciò che non gli appartiene.
Did you lose an earring or a wristwatch?	Ha perso un orecchino o un orologio da polso?
To claim the badge, you must describe it.	Per reclamare il tesserino, lo deve descrivere.
The owner must identify the case in the photo.	Il proprietario deve identificare la custodia nella foto.
report	la denuncia
To claim the object, the report must be signed.	Per reclamare l'oggetto, la denuncia va firmata.
The report must be made to find the luggage again.	La denuncia va fatta per ritrovare il bagaglio.