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Quello è il tuo libro e questa è la mia penna.

Quello è il tuo libro e questa è la mia penna.
That is your book and this is my pen.
From Lesson 20:Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)·Italian

Breakdown of Quello è il tuo libro e questa è la mia penna.

essere
to be
e
and
il libro
book
questa
this (feminine)
la penna
the pen
quello
that
mio
my
tuo
your

Questions & Answers about Quello è il tuo libro e questa è la mia penna.

Why is there an "il" before "tuo" and a "la" before "mia"? Doesn't that mean "the your book"?
Yes, literally it translates to "the your book" and "the my pen." In Italian, possessive adjectives like tuo and mia almost always need a definite article (il, la, i, le) in front of them. It feels repetitive to English speakers, but it's a strict rule in Italian!
How do I know whether to use il tuo or la tua for "your"?
In Italian, the possessive adjective has to match the gender of the thing being owned, not the person who owns it. Since libro (book) is a masculine noun, you must use the masculine il tuo. If you were talking about "your pen," it would be la tua penna because penna is feminine.
Why does the word for "that" end in -o (quello) but the word for "this" ends in -a (questa)?
Words for "this" and "that" also have to match the gender of the noun they are pointing to. Quello is masculine because it points to the masculine libro. Questa is feminine because it points to the feminine penna.
The sentence has both è and e. What is the difference?
The accent mark is crucial here! È with an accent means "is" (from the verb essere, to be). E without an accent means "and". In this sentence, you see both: quello è (that is) ... e (and) ... questa è (this is).

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