un vecchio amico un amico vecchio la povera donna la donna povera an old [i.e. long-standing] friend an old/elderly friend [i.e. a friend who is old] the poor [i.e. unfortunate] woman the poor woman [i.e. she has no money] questo ragazzo questa ragazza questi ragazzi queste ragazze quel* ragazzo quella* ragazza quei* ragazzi quelle* ragazze this boy this girl these boys these girls that boy that girl those boys those girls Masculine Feminine Singular quel / bel quello / bello quell’ / bell’ quella / bella quell’ / bell’ * (il) (lo) (l’) (la) (l’) Plural quei / bei quegli / begli quegli / begli quelle / belle quelle / belle (i) (gli) (gli) (le) (le) quel  fi lm bello spettacolo quell’esempio quella canzone bella esperienza quel bel  fi lm that  fi lm lovely show that example that song beautiful experience that beautiful  fi lm bei  fi lm quegli spettacoli begli esempi belle canzoni quelle esperienze quei bei  fi lm beautiful  fi lms those shows fi ne examples beautiful songs those experiences those beautiful fi lms * The feminine singular form  bell’  is rarely used, and  bella  is preferred, even before a vowel. Note that when  bello  comes  after  the noun, the full form is used:  lo spettacolo è bello ,  un’esperienza bella e interessante , etc. 9 The demonstrative adjectives  questo  (this) and  quello  (that), like their English counterparts, always precede the noun they refer to: * For an explanation of the forms of  quello , see paragraph 10. 10 The forms of the adjectives  quello  and  bello  (beautiful/handsome/nice/- fi ne) change in the same way as the de fi nite article. Here are the forms, followed in brackets by the corresponding forms of the de fi nite article: 20 Unit 3