Determiners (Determinanti)
 
 
Determiners are words (as an article, possessive, demonstrative, or quantifier) that make specific the denotation of a noun phrase. In Venetan they agree in gender and number with the noun.
 
 
Articles (Artìcoli)
 
 
Basic
Forms
Contracted Forms
a
da
de
co
su
en
par
Definite
Article
Sg.
m
el (l')
al
dal
del
col
sul
'ntel
par el / pa'l
f
la (l')
a la
da la
de la
co la
su la
'nte la
par la / pa' la
Pl.
m
i
ai
dai
dei
coi
sui
'ntei
par i / pa'i
f
le
a le
da le
de le
co le
su le
'nte le
par le / pa' le
Indefinite Article
Sg.
m
un (n')
          
int'un
  
f
na (n')
          
'nte na
  

The forms l' , n' of the articles are used in front of a vowel, cf.:

 
Possessive Adjectives (Agetivi Posesivi)
 
Person
One owner
  
Many owners
1st
Sg.
m
el
mé
el
nostro
f
la
la
nostra 
Pl.
m
i
i
nostri
f
le
le
nostre 
2nd
Sg.
m
el
tó
el
nostro
f
la
la
nostra 
Pl.
m
i
i
nostri
f
le
le
nostre
3rd
Sg.
m
el
só
el
só
f
la
la
Pl.
m
i
i
f
le
le
 
Examples:
 
el mé amigo my friend
el nostro amigo our friend
la mé bisicléta my bycicle
la nostra bisicléta our bycicle
mé fradelo my brother
mé sorela my sister		 i mé amisi / amighi my friends
i nostri amisi / amighi our friends
le mé bisicléte my bycicles
le nostre bisicléte our bycicles
mé fradeli my brothers
mé sorele my sisters
 
 
Demonstrative Adjectives (Agetivi Demostrativi)
 
 
Singular
Plural
Masculine
Feminine
Masculine
Feminine
   Simple
Near
objects
'sto this
'sta
'sti
'ste 
Remote objects
quel that
quela
quii
quele
Compound
Near
objects
'sto [noun] chì / 'sto [noun] qua this
'sta [noun] chì / 'sta [noun] qua
'sti...chì/qua
'ste...chì/qua
Remote objects
quel [noun] là that
quela [noun] là
quii... là
quele...là
 
Examples:
 
  • 'sto libro this book 

    • 'sti libri these books
    'sta dona this woman
    'ste done these women
  • 'sto libro qua this book here 

    • 'sti libri qua these books here
    quel libro là that book there
    quii libri là those books there
 
 
Interrogative Adjectives (Agetivi Interogativi)
 
Singular
Plural
Masculine
Feminine
Masculine
Feminine
qualo? what kind of?
quala?
quali?
quale?
 
 
Indefinite Adjectives (Agetivi Indefinìi)
 
Variable
Invariable
Singular
Plural
Masculine
Feminine
Masculine
Feminine
altro other
altro
altri
altre
calche (qualche)
any, some

masa
too much / many

un saco de, 
un mucio de
much, many, 
a lot of

ogni each, every

qualsiasi, qualunque whatever
serto certain
serta
serti
serte
stéso same
stésa
stési (stisi)
stése
gnanca un, nesun none
gnanca una, nesuna
    
tanto much
tanta
tanti many
tante
póco few, little
póca
pùchi
póche
un póco de a few, 
a little
un póca de
un pùchi de
un póche de
tal, tale such
tali
tuto all, the whole...
tuta
tuti every
tute
 

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