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Nessun farmacista ha venduto quel prodotto.

Nessun farmacista ha venduto quel prodotto.
No pharmacist sold that product.
From Lesson 248:Nouns ending in -ista (-ista, -isti, -iste)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Nessun farmacista ha venduto quel prodotto.

The word farmacista ends in '-a'. Does that mean this sentence is talking about a female pharmacist?
Not here! Nouns ending in -ista (often professions) are invariable in the singular, meaning they use the exact same word for a man or a woman. We know this specific pharmacist is male because the sentence uses the masculine word nessun. If it were a female pharmacist, it would be nessuna farmacista.
Why is it nessun instead of nessuno?
Nessuno (no / not any) drops its final -o before masculine singular nouns that start with a vowel or most consonants, like the f in farmacista. It only stays nessuno before words starting with z, gn, ps, or s plus a consonant (for example, nessuno studente).
Why do we use quel here instead of quello?
Just like nessuno, the adjective quello (that) changes its form depending on the sound of the noun following it. Before a masculine singular noun starting with a regular consonant like p, it shortens to quel (quel prodotto).
If we changed the subject to plural ("The pharmacists..."), how does the ending of farmacista change?
This is where the genders split for -ista nouns! If you are talking about male pharmacists (or a mixed group), you use the masculine plural: i farmacisti. If you are talking about an all-female group, you use the feminine plural: le farmaciste.

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