Breakdown of Questi regali sono molto belli.
Questions & Answers about Questi regali sono molto belli.
Why is it questi and not queste?
Questi means "these" for masculine plural nouns. It is used here to match regali (gifts), which is a masculine plural noun (the singular is regalo). If you were talking about a feminine plural noun, like scarpe (shoes), you would use queste instead. Is questi acting as an adjective or a pronoun here?
In this sentence, questi is a demonstrative adjective because it is placed directly before the noun regali to describe it. If you just pointed to the gifts and said, "Questi sono molto belli" (These are very beautiful), it would be a pronoun because it takes the place of the noun entirely. Why doesn't molto change to molti to match the plural words?
Molto can be an adjective (meaning "many") or an adverb (meaning "very"). When it means "very" and describes an adjective—like belli in this sentence—it acts as an adverb and never changes its ending. It always stays molto. Why does the adjective bello become belli?
In Italian, adjectives must match the noun they describe in both gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural). Because regali is masculine plural, the adjective bello (beautiful) changes its ending to -i to become belli. Learn Questi regali sono molto belli and more in Italian
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