Grammar Lesson 35

Italian demonstrative adjectives: codesto

The demonstrative adjective used to express proximity to the listener is codesto (in all its forms).

There exists also a variant - cotesto (in all its forms) - but it is rarely used.

Note that nowadays codesto has been generally replaced by questo or quello. You will probably come across it only in formal written communication (bureaucratic or business letters), or in old literary texts.

	Singular	Plural	Meaning
Masculine	codesto	codesti	this / that that / those
Feminine	codesta	codeste	this / that that / those

Examples:

Dove hai preso codesto libro? / Where did you take that book?

Ti pentirai di codeste parole / You will regret these words

Il sottoscritto fa richiesta a codesto dipartimento … / The undersigned requests this department …

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