Determiners

alcune
a few
alcuni strumenti

According to Maiden and Robustelli, the singular

alcun and alcuno are unheard of outside negative
expressions and rare in those (meaning the same as
nessun/nessuno). This sentence requires a singular.
In the plural, alcuni/e means a few, while plural
qualche (invariant) roughly means "the odd" as in
"These are all supposed to be screws, but check
anyway; I'm always finding the odd nail."
"A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian" (Maiden
and Robusttelli, 2000, p. 152)

un' / un
a / an
un'arancia

uno
uno - used on nouns that take lo

altra / altro
quite another matter
one another
other (one)

diverse (sing)
different
diverse gente

diversi (plural)
different
diversi persone

singular

plural

questo (m) -this

questi (m) -this

questa (f) - this

queste (f) -this

that

codesto (m) - that

codesti (m) - those

quell'eta

quella

quell'automobile

codesta (f) - that

codeste (f) - those

quello (m) - that

quelli (m) - those

quella (f) - that

quelle (f) - those

the following is taken from:

http://iltavoloitaliano.com/Exercise_
That_In_Italian/
For singular nouns (that)
Quell' - Use this for all singular nouns
starting with a vowel.
Quello - use this for all masculine
singular nouns starting with a "z" or a
"s" + a consonant.
Quel - use this for all other masculine
singular nouns starting with a
consonant.
Quella - use this for all feminine singular
nouns starting with a consonant.
For plural nouns (those)
Quegli - use this for all masculine plural
nouns starting with a vowell, "z" or a "s"
+ a consonant.
Quei - use this for all other masculine
plural nouns starting with a consonant.
Quelle -use this for all feminine plural
nouns.

questa
this

ogni
every
each

qualche
a few
some
any
1. never changes w regards to m/f
2. always takes a singular noun
3. usually the English noun is plural

certa (o/e/i )

certain
sure

parechhia gente
parechhie persone

nessun
any
nobody
no one

1. never changes w regards to m/f

2. adjective that always takes a singular
noun
(nessuno is the noun that stands alone)
3. usually the English noun is plural
4. think "not one"

troppa (o/e/i )

qualsiasi
any
whichever / whatever
1. never changes w regards to m/f
2. interchangeable with qualunque

too
too many
too much

qualunque
any
whichever / whatever

parecchia (o/e/i )

many
plenty
quite a lot of
a good deal of
quite a lot

1. never changes w regards to m/f

2. interrchangeable with qualsiasi

tutto /a/ i/ o
all together
everything