{"id":17871,"date":"2016-11-20T00:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T15:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=17871"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:54:42","slug":"how-to-say-what-in-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/how-to-say-what-in-italian\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say WHAT in Italian: Che, Cosa, Che Cosa, Chi (B1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd0d <strong>In short.<\/strong> To ask &#8220;what&#8221; in Italian you have three correct options: <strong>che<\/strong>, <strong>cosa<\/strong>, and <strong>che cosa<\/strong>. They all mean the same thing, but Italians use them differently depending on region, register, and the formulaic expression you are about to drop. This guide unpacks all three for <strong>italian che cosa<\/strong>, plus the related interrogatives <em>chi<\/em> (who), <em>quale<\/em> (which), <em>quanto<\/em> (how much), and the colloquial reinforcers Italians add when a question gets emotional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will see how a friend in Padova picks <em>cosa<\/em> by default, how a friend in Napoli picks <em>che<\/em> in the same situations, and why the more bookish <em>che cosa<\/em> still shows up in journalism and formal writing. Real examples come from a bookshop in Lucca, a sartoria, a market in Padova, and a phone call about a train to Trieste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the guide you will know which form fits which conversation, when <em>chi<\/em> swaps for <em>che<\/em>, why <em>quale<\/em> beats <em>che<\/em> in front of a noun, and how to handle reported questions (<em>mi ha chiesto cosa volevo<\/em>) without freezing on the verb tense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-toc-what\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cosa impareremo oggi<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffb Jump to section<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#three-forms\">Three forms, one meaning: che, cosa, che cosa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cosa\">Cosa: the northern default that became national<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#che\">Che: short, southern, formula-friendly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#che-cosa\">Che cosa: the formal, bookish option<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#chi\">Chi: asking &#8220;who&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#quale\">Quale: &#8220;which&#8221; + noun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#quanto\">Quanto: how much, how many<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#reinforcers\">Reinforcers: mai, diavolo, cavolo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#indirect\">Indirect questions: mi ha chiesto cosa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cheat-sheet\">Cheat sheet: italian che cosa at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mistakes\">Three common mistakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#dialogue\">A small dialogue: at Pietro&#8217;s bookshop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#quiz\">Quiz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"three-forms\">Three forms, one meaning: che, cosa, che cosa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian has three forms of the interrogative pronoun for &#8220;what&#8221;: <em>che<\/em>, <em>cosa<\/em>, and <em>che cosa<\/em>. The Treccani entry on this exact doubt confirms that all three are correct and widespread in contemporary Italian, both in direct and in reported questions. The choice between them is not a matter of grammar but of regional habit and register.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Che<\/strong> volevi dirmi?<br><em>What did you want to tell me?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cosa<\/strong> volevi dirmi?<br><em>What did you want to tell me?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che cosa<\/strong> volevi dirmi?<br><em>What did you want to tell me?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three sentences are interchangeable. A friend from Bologna would default to <em>cosa<\/em>, a friend from Napoli to <em>che<\/em>, a journalist writing for a national paper might pick <em>che cosa<\/em>. None of them is more &#8220;correct&#8221;; the choice signals where you come from and how formal you want to sound.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-focus-three\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd0d <strong>One-sentence rule.<\/strong> For italian che cosa, all three forms are correct. Pick <em>cosa<\/em> if you want to sound like the rest of Italy, <em>che<\/em> if you want to sound a little more southern or formula-driven, <em>che cosa<\/em> if you want a bookish edge.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cosa\">Cosa: the northern default that became national<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The form <em>cosa<\/em> as an interrogative pronoun started as a northern Italian habit, especially Florentine. Manzoni canonised it in the 1840 edition of <em>I Promessi Sposi<\/em>, replacing the older <em>che cosa<\/em> with the leaner <em>cosa<\/em>. From there it spread to journalism, fiction, and conversation, and today it is the most common form across all italian che cosa registers.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cosa<\/strong> stai facendo, Pietro?<br><em>What are you doing, Pietro?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cosa<\/strong> hai comprato al mercato di Padova?<br><em>What did you buy at the Padova market?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cosa<\/strong> ne pensi della libreria nuova di Lucca?<br><em>What do you think of the new bookshop in Lucca?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Di <strong>cosa<\/strong> ti ha parlato Caterina?<br><em>What did Caterina talk to you about?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notice the last example: when an italian che cosa question takes a preposition (<em>di, a, con, su, per<\/em>), the preposition stays attached to the pronoun: <em>di cosa, a cosa, con cosa<\/em>. You can also pull the preposition to the end in informal speech (<em>cosa pensi di questo?<\/em>), but the first construction is the cleaner choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"che\">Che: short, southern, formula-friendly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bare <em>che<\/em> as an interrogative dominates central and southern Italy. It is also the default in a handful of fixed expressions that the rest of Italy uses without thinking, regardless of region.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Che<\/strong> vuoi per cena stasera?<br><em>What do you want for dinner tonight?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che<\/strong> dire? Non me l&#8217;aspettavo proprio.<br><em>What can I say? I really wasn&#8217;t expecting it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ma <strong>che<\/strong> ne so io, chiedi a Pietro!<br><em>How would I know, ask Pietro!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che<\/strong> c&#8217;\u00e8? Sembri preoccupata.<br><em>What&#8217;s the matter? You look worried.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The formulas <em>che dire?<\/em>, <em>che ne so?<\/em>, <em>che c&#8217;\u00e8?<\/em> are stable across Italy, no matter how often the same speaker uses <em>cosa<\/em> elsewhere. Treccani lists them as the strongest pocket of <em>che<\/em> usage in standard Italian italian che cosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"che-cosa\">Che cosa: the formal, bookish option<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full form <em>che cosa<\/em> survives in journalism, academic prose, opinion pieces, and formal speech. It is the form you would use in a written exam, in a formal email, or when defining a term: <em>che cos&#8217;\u00e8 uno spread? che cosa significa &#8220;trapassato&#8221;?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Che cosa<\/strong> significa esattamente questa clausola?<br><em>What exactly does this clause mean?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che cos&#8217;\u00e8<\/strong> il diritto d&#8217;autore in italiano?<br><em>What is copyright in Italian?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che cosa<\/strong> intende il legislatore con questa norma?<br><em>What does the legislator mean by this rule?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che cosa<\/strong> vi aspettate dal nuovo sindaco di Padova?<br><em>What do you expect from the new mayor of Padova?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The elided form <em>che cos&#8217;\u00e8<\/em> is universal: never <em>che cosa \u00e8<\/em> in writing, always <em>che cos&#8217;\u00e8<\/em>. The same elision happens in <em>cos&#8217;\u00e8<\/em>, <em>cos&#8217;hai<\/em>, <em>cos&#8217;hanno<\/em> when <em>cosa<\/em> precedes a vowel-starting verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"chi\">Chi: asking &#8220;who&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the answer to the question is a person, italian che cosa swaps for <em>chi<\/em>. Unlike the three &#8220;what&#8221; forms, <em>chi<\/em> has no alternatives: it is the only Italian interrogative for &#8220;who&#8221;, &#8220;whom&#8221;, &#8220;whose&#8221; (with a preposition).<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chi<\/strong> viene con noi a Trieste in macchina?<br><em>Who is coming with us to Trieste by car?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>chi<\/strong> hai dato le chiavi della sartoria?<br><em>Who did you give the keys of the tailor&#8217;s shop to?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Di <strong>chi<\/strong> \u00e8 questo libro lasciato sul bancone?<br><em>Whose is this book left on the counter?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Con <strong>chi<\/strong> hai parlato della casa editrice?<br><em>Who did you talk to about the publisher?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note <em>di chi \u00e8<\/em> for ownership questions: this is the standard Italian construction for &#8220;whose is this?&#8221;. The English-style &#8220;whose book is this?&#8221; would be <em>di chi \u00e8 questo libro?<\/em>, with the noun moved out of the question. <em>Chi<\/em> can also be reinforced with <em>mai<\/em> in literary writing: <em>chi mai poteva immaginarlo?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quale\">Quale: &#8220;which&#8221; + noun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the question presupposes a choice from a known set, italian che cosa gives way to <em>quale<\/em>. Where English uses &#8220;which&#8221; + noun, Italian uses <em>quale<\/em> + noun, agreeing in gender and number with the noun.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Quale<\/strong> romanzo preferisci, quello di Tabucchi o quello di Pennacchi?<br><em>Which novel do you prefer, the one by Tabucchi or the one by Pennacchi?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quali<\/strong> libri hai letto quest&#8217;estate?<br><em>Which books did you read this summer?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quale<\/strong> giacca ti piace di pi\u00f9, la blu o la grigia?<br><em>Which jacket do you like more, the blue one or the grey one?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Qual \u00e8<\/strong> il problema, esattamente?<br><em>What is the problem, exactly?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-focus-qual\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Spelling trap.<\/strong> Before <em>\u00e8<\/em>, <em>quale<\/em> drops the final <em>e<\/em> and becomes <em>qual \u00e8<\/em> (no apostrophe!). The form <em>qual&#8217;\u00e8<\/em> with apostrophe is a frequent error that Treccani and Accademia della Crusca have both flagged. Italian elision is morphological, not orthographic, here.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quanto\">Quanto: how much, how many<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For quantity, Italian uses <em>quanto<\/em> (how much) and <em>quanti\/quante<\/em> (how many). The form agrees in gender and number with the noun.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Quanto<\/strong> costa una giacca su misura da Caterina?<br><em>How much does a tailored jacket from Caterina cost?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quanti<\/strong> libri vendi al giorno, in media, a Lucca?<br><em>How many books do you sell per day on average in Lucca?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quante<\/strong> persone sono venute alla serata di letture?<br><em>How many people came to the reading evening?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quanto<\/strong> tempo manca al treno per Trieste?<br><em>How much time is left until the Trieste train?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-task1-what\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Mini-task #1.<\/strong> Pick the right italian che cosa interrogative for each question.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>____ (chi \/ cosa \/ quale) preferisci, il romanzo o il saggio?<\/li>\n<li>____ (chi \/ cosa \/ quanto) costa il biglietto per Trieste?<\/li>\n<li>A ____ (chi \/ cosa \/ quale) hai prestato il manuale di grammatica?<\/li>\n<li>____ (qual \u00e8 \/ qual&#8217;\u00e8) il problema con il treno?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<details><summary><strong>\ud83d\udc49 Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>1. Quale (choice between two known items).<\/p>\n<p>2. Quanto (quantity, price).<\/p>\n<p>3. A chi (the answer is a person).<\/p>\n<p>4. Qual \u00e8 (no apostrophe).<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reinforcers\">Reinforcers: mai, diavolo, cavolo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian likes to add a reinforcer to italian che cosa questions when the speaker is annoyed, puzzled, or emotional. The reinforcer goes right after the interrogative pronoun.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mai<\/strong> (literary, emphatic): <em>Chi mai avrebbe potuto immaginarlo?<\/em><br><em>Who could ever have imagined it?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diavolo<\/strong> (colloquial, slightly stronger): <em>Ma che diavolo combini in libreria a quest&#8217;ora, Pietro?<\/em><br><em>What the heck are you doing here at this hour?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cavolo<\/strong> (colloquial, softer than diavolo): <em>Cosa cavolo hai combinato con questa giacca?<\/em><br><em>What on earth have you done with this jacket?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mai<\/strong> in italian che cosa: <em>Chi mai poteva sapere che il treno sarebbe partito prima dell&#8217;orario?<\/em><br><em>Who could have known the train would leave earlier than scheduled?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will hear <em>diavolo<\/em> in everyday conversation across Italy, <em>cavolo<\/em> in slightly softer registers, and <em>mai<\/em> mostly in writing or in emphatic spoken sentences. Stronger reinforcers exist but veer into vulgarity and are best left to native speakers and to dialect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"indirect\">Indirect questions: mi ha chiesto cosa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a question is reported rather than asked directly, italian che cosa keeps the same pronoun forms but the verb tense shifts according to the consecutio temporum. The reporting verb (<em>chiedere, domandare<\/em>) is followed by the interrogative pronoun and the subordinate verb in indicative or subjunctive.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Direct: \u00abCosa stai facendo?\u00bb<br>Indirect: Pietro mi ha chiesto <strong>cosa stessi facendo<\/strong>.<br><em>Pietro asked me what I was doing.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Direct: \u00abChi \u00e8 venuto in libreria?\u00bb<br>Indirect: Elena mi ha chiesto <strong>chi fosse venuto<\/strong> in libreria.<br><em>Elena asked me who had come to the bookshop.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Direct: \u00abQuale libro preferisci?\u00bb<br>Indirect: Caterina mi ha domandato <strong>quale libro preferissi<\/strong>.<br><em>Caterina asked me which book I preferred.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Direct: \u00abQuanto costa la giacca?\u00bb<br>Indirect: Il cliente ha chiesto <strong>quanto costasse<\/strong> la giacca.<br><em>The client asked how much the jacket cost.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoken Italian relaxes the subjunctive into the indicative (<em>mi ha chiesto cosa stavo facendo<\/em>), and both are accepted in conversation. Formal writing keeps the subjunctive. For the full tense-shift map of italian che cosa reported questions, see the companion guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-indirect-speech\/\">Italian Indirect Speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-task2-what\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Mini-task #2.<\/strong> Turn each direct question into an indirect question, with reporting verb in the past.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00abCosa hai comprato al mercato?\u00bb \u2192 Caterina mi ha chiesto ____<\/li>\n<li>\u00abChi viene a cena stasera?\u00bb \u2192 Pietro mi ha domandato ____<\/li>\n<li>\u00abQuanto costa il romanzo?\u00bb \u2192 Il cliente ha chiesto ____<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<details><summary><strong>\ud83d\udc49 Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>1. cosa avessi comprato al mercato.<\/p>\n<p>2. chi venisse a cena quella sera (deixis shift: stasera \u2192 quella sera).<\/p>\n<p>3. quanto costasse il romanzo.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cheat-sheet\">Cheat sheet: italian che cosa at a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One table, all the italian che cosa interrogatives. Keep it open while you draft your next question in Italian.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Pronoun<\/th><th>Asks about<\/th><th>Register \/ region<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>cosa<\/td><td>thing \/ fact (neutral)<\/td><td>national default<\/td><td>Cosa stai facendo?<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>che<\/td><td>thing \/ fact (formula)<\/td><td>central-southern, formulas<\/td><td>Che vuoi per cena?<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>che cosa<\/td><td>thing \/ fact (formal)<\/td><td>journalism, writing<\/td><td>Che cos&#8217;\u00e8 il copyright?<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>chi<\/td><td>person<\/td><td>universal<\/td><td>Chi viene con noi?<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>quale \/ quali<\/td><td>which (+ noun)<\/td><td>universal, agrees gender\/number<\/td><td>Quale romanzo preferisci?<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>qual \u00e8<\/td><td>which is (no apostrophe!)<\/td><td>universal<\/td><td>Qual \u00e8 il problema?<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>quanto \/ quanti \/ quante<\/td><td>how much, how many<\/td><td>universal, agrees<\/td><td>Quanto costa?<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mistakes\">Three common mistakes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three errors in italian che cosa flag a B1 sentence as written by a learner. Fixing them is fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mistake 1.<\/strong> Writing <em>qual&#8217;\u00e8<\/em> with an apostrophe. Wrong: <em>qual&#8217;\u00e8 il problema<\/em>. Correct: <em>qual \u00e8 il problema<\/em>. The shortening of <em>quale<\/em> to <em>qual<\/em> before <em>\u00e8<\/em> is morphological, not orthographic; no apostrophe needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mistake 2.<\/strong> Using <em>che<\/em> instead of <em>quale<\/em> before a noun for &#8220;which&#8221;. Wrong: <em>Che romanzo preferisci?<\/em> meaning &#8220;which novel&#8221; (intended choice between known options). Correct: <em>Quale romanzo preferisci?<\/em>. <em>Che<\/em> + noun exists but means &#8220;what kind of&#8221;, not &#8220;which from a set&#8221; (<em>che lavoro fai?<\/em> = &#8220;what work do you do?&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mistake 3.<\/strong> Forgetting the preposition before <em>chi<\/em> when the verb requires one. Wrong: <em>Chi hai parlato?<\/em>. Correct: <em>Con chi hai parlato?<\/em>. Verbs like <em>parlare con, pensare a, fidarsi di, ricordarsi di<\/em> take the preposition into the interrogative as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"register-real\">Where italian che cosa lives in real writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three italian che cosa forms split along register lines that you can spot in the Italian press, in fiction, in everyday speech. Tracking which form a writer or speaker picks tells you something about the surrounding context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Newspapers and news headlines.<\/strong> Italian newspapers lean on <em>cosa<\/em> for headlines (snappier, shorter) and <em>che cosa<\/em> for opinion pieces or feature articles where the journalist wants a measured tone. A typical Corriere headline might read <em>cosa succede ora in Medio Oriente<\/em>, while an editorial in the same paper might open with <em>che cosa significa, oggi, parlare di democrazia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Literature and fiction.<\/strong> Contemporary Italian fiction since Manzoni has largely adopted <em>cosa<\/em>. Calvino, Pavese, Ginzburg, Tabucchi, Ferrante: all use <em>cosa<\/em> as the default in dialogue and free indirect speech. <em>Che cosa<\/em> shows up when a narrator wants a slightly formal or reflective register, or when a character is being deliberately precise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spoken conversation.<\/strong> Northern speakers use <em>cosa<\/em> across the board. Roman, Neapolitan, Sicilian speakers default to <em>che<\/em> for italian che cosa questions. Tuscans split: Florence prefers <em>cosa<\/em>, smaller towns and surrounding areas keep <em>che<\/em>. The fixed formulas (<em>che dire?<\/em>, <em>che ne so?<\/em>, <em>che c&#8217;\u00e8?<\/em>) are universal across regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bureaucratic and academic prose.<\/strong> Documents from ministries, contracts, university papers favour <em>che cosa<\/em>, the most formal of the three. <em>Cosa<\/em> is acceptable in academic writing in humanities, less common in law and economics. <em>Che<\/em> alone is rare in this register, except in the fixed formulas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dialogue\">A small dialogue: at Pietro&#8217;s bookshop<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dialog-what\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83e\uddb0 <strong>Elena:<\/strong> Ciao Pietro! Cosa hai di nuovo questa settimana? Sono passata in fretta gioved\u00ec ma non ho avuto tempo di girare bene tra gli scaffali.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83e\uddb0 <strong>Pietro:<\/strong> Allora, \u00e8 arrivata una bella spedizione marted\u00ec. Che genere ti interessa? Saggistica, narrativa contemporanea, classici?<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83e\uddb0 <strong>Elena:<\/strong> Narrativa contemporanea. Quali nuovi autori italiani mi consigli, secondo te?<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83e\uddb0 <strong>Pietro:<\/strong> Dipende. Cosa cerchi, un romanzo lungo o qualcosa di pi\u00f9 agile per la sera? E che umore hai in questo periodo, ironico, malinconico, riflessivo?<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83e\uddb0 <strong>Elena:<\/strong> Riflessivo. Caterina mi ha detto che hai ricevuto un romanzo nuovo di cui non si parla ancora molto. 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Let&#8217;s build on it.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> A <strong>weekly 1:1 lesson<\/strong> gives you the rhythm and the personalised feedback to turn what you know into what you say automatically.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#ab2227; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Weekly 1:1<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">One-to-one<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vacanze.webp\" alt=\"Weekly 1:1\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Any level<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">55-minute one-to-one session on Zoom<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Your personal native teacher<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Interactive online materials<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=4\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#ab2227; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Book a Weekly 1:1 lesson &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Avanti tutta!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#b8860b; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 66 to 85%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg, #faecc4, #b8860b); width:75%; height:7px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:26px; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 14px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.35;\">Great work. You&#8217;re ready for the group.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> In the <strong>Milano small-group course (A2-B1)<\/strong> you&#8217;ll move from solid grammar to live conversation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#b8860b; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Milano group<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">A2-B1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/milano-no-sfondo.webp\" alt=\"Milano group\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Small groups, max 4 students<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Weekly live Zoom sessions<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=7\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#b8860b; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Join the Milano group &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Ci vediamo in classe!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#2d6a4f; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 86 to 100%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg, #cce5d5, #2d6a4f); width:93%; height:7px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:26px; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 14px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.35;\">Bravissimo! You nailed it.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> Step into the <strong>Milano small-group course (A2-B1)<\/strong> to turn accurate Italian into fluent Italian.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#2d6a4f; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Milano group<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">A2-B1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/milano-no-sfondo.webp\" alt=\"Milano group\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Small groups, max 4 students<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Weekly live Zoom sessions<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=7\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#2d6a4f; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Join the Milano group &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">A presto su Zoom!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\">\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewDiv\" style=\"display: none;\">\n            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewQuestion\">\n                <ol>\n                                            <li>1<\/li>\n                                            <li>2<\/li>\n                                    <\/ol>\n                <div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewLegend\">\n                <ol>\n                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewColor\" style=\"background-color: #6CA54C;\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewText\">Answered<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewColor\" style=\"background-color: #FFB800;\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewText\">Review<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                <\/ol>\n                <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div>\n                                    <input type=\"button\" name=\"review\" value=\"Review question\"\n                           class=\"wpProQuiz_button2\" style=\"float: left; display: block;\">\n                                        <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_quizAnker\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_quiz\">\n            <ol class=\"wpProQuiz_list\">\n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_listItem\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                        <div\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_question_page\" style=\"display:none;\" >\n                            Question <span>1<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>                        <\/div>\n                        <h5 style=\"display: none;\"\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">\n                            <span>1<\/span>. Question                        <\/h5>\n\n                        \n                                                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n                            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question_text\">\n                                <h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Pick the right Italian interrogative for each question.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Each sentence offers three options between (parentheses). Type the one that fits the rule: cosa is the national default for &#8220;what&#8221;, che is short and formula-friendly (che ne so, che c&#8217;\u00e8), che cos&#8217;\u00e8 is the formal elided form, chi asks about people and takes the preposition with it (di chi, con chi, a chi), quale + noun is &#8220;which&#8221; from a known set, qual \u00e8 is truncation without apostrophe, quanti agrees with the noun for &#8220;how many&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Setting.<\/strong> Salvina e Orazio gestiscono un forno storico con annessa pasticceria nel centro di Modica, in Sicilia sud-orientale. Orazio impasta il pane con il lievito madre nel forno a legna, Salvina segue le cassate, le cassatelle di ricotta e il banco al mattino presto. Domitilla, ventidue anni, \u00e8 da sei mesi loro apprendista. Vincenzo, professore di liceo a Ragusa, passa ogni sabato a prendere il pane di tumminia e si ferma a chiacchierare. Le farine arrivano dal mulino di Scicli, e d&#8217;estate i loro dolci finiscono ai mercatini di Marzamemi e Noto.<\/p>\n<p><em>Setting (EN). Salvina and Orazio run a historic bakery with an adjoining pastry shop in the centre of Modica, in south-east Sicily. Orazio kneads bread with sourdough in the wood-fired oven, Salvina looks after the cassate, the ricotta-filled cassatelle and the counter in the early morning. Domitilla, twenty-two, has been their apprentice for six months. Vincenzo, a high-school teacher from Ragusa, comes by every Saturday for tumminia bread and stays to chat. The flours come from the Scicli mill, and in summer their pastries end up at the Marzamemi and Noto markets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#888;\">If your keyboard has no Italian accents, type an apostrophe instead (<code>e'<\/code> for <code>\u00e8<\/code>, <code>caffe'<\/code> for <code>caff\u00e8<\/code>).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <ul class=\"wpProQuiz_questionList\" data-question_id=\"6880\"\n                                data-type=\"cloze_answer\">\n                                \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"0\">\n\n                                        <hr\/><ul><li>Salvina chiede a Domitilla, mentre infornano il pane di sera tardi: \u00ab(Che cosa, Cosa, Chi) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"4\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Cosa)<\/span><\/span> hai messo nella seconda teglia, le mandorle o i pinoli?\u00bb<br><em>Salvina asks Domitilla, while they put bread in the oven late at night: \"What did you put in the second tray, almonds or pine nuts?\"<\/em><\/li><li>Orazio torna dal mulino di Scicli e Salvina lo accoglie: \u00abAllora, di (cosa, che, chi) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"4\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(cosa)<\/span><\/span> avete parlato con il fornitore della farina di tumminia?\u00bb<br><em>Orazio comes back from the Scicli mill and Salvina greets him: \"So, what did you talk about with the tumminia flour supplier?\"<\/em><\/li><li>Vincenzo entra e chiede dove sia finito il giornale della domenica. Orazio alza le spalle: \u00ab(Cosa, Quale, Che) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"3\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Che)<\/span><\/span> ne so io, chiedi a Salvina, lo legge sempre lei per prima.\u00bb<br><em>Vincenzo comes in and asks where the Sunday paper has gone. Orazio shrugs: \"How would I know, ask Salvina, she's always the one who reads it first.\"<\/em><\/li><li>Salvina si gira verso Domitilla che \u00e8 rimasta in silenzio davanti al banco delle cassate: \u00abAllora, (cosa, che, chi) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"3\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(che)<\/span><\/span> c'\u00e8? Sembri preoccupata stamattina.\u00bb<br><em>Salvina turns to Domitilla, who has stayed silent in front of the cassata counter: \"So, what's the matter? You look worried this morning.\"<\/em><\/li><li>Vincenzo, il professore di Ragusa, spiega ai suoi alunni: \u00abAllora, (che cos'\u00e8, cosa \u00e8, che cosa \u00e8) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"10\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(che cos'\u00e8, che cos'e')<\/span><\/span> una panificazione a lievito madre? Chi vuole provare a definirla?\u00bb<br><em>Vincenzo, the Ragusa high-school teacher, explains to his students: \"So, what is sourdough baking? Who wants to try to define it?\"<\/em><\/li><li>Domitilla trova un mazzo di chiavi sul bancone del forno. Salvina la guarda e domanda: \u00abDi (cosa, che, chi) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"3\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(chi)<\/span><\/span> sono queste chiavi? Le hai trovate adesso?\u00bb<br><em>Domitilla finds a bunch of keys on the bakery counter. Salvina looks at her and asks: \"Whose keys are these? Did you just find them?\"<\/em><\/li><li>Orazio rientra in laboratorio e nota Salvina al telefono gi\u00e0 da mezz'ora. Le chiede sottovoce: \u00abCon (chi, cosa, che) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"3\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(chi)<\/span><\/span> stai parlando da tanto tempo? \u00c8 successo qualcosa al fornitore?\u00bb<br><em>Orazio comes back into the workshop and notices Salvina has been on the phone for half an hour. He whispers: \"Who have you been talking to for so long? Has something happened with the supplier?\"<\/em><\/li><li>Vincenzo deve scegliere il dolce per la cerimonia di fine anno a scuola. Salvina apre il registro delle torte: \u00ab(Quanti, Quali, Che) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"5\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Quali)<\/span><\/span> dolci preferisci, le cassate piccole o le cassatelle ripiene di ricotta?\u00bb<br><em>Vincenzo has to choose the dessert for the school end-of-year ceremony. Salvina opens the cake catalogue: \"Which desserts do you prefer, the small cassate or the cassatelle filled with ricotta?\"<\/em><\/li><li>Domitilla guarda il programma dei mercatini estivi appeso al muro e domanda: \u00ab(Cos'\u00e8, Qual'\u00e8, Qual \u00e8) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"7\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Qual \u00e8, Qual e')<\/span><\/span> il problema con il furgone, Salvina? Non riusciamo a portare i dolci a Marzamemi domenica?\u00bb<br><em>Domitilla looks at the summer markets schedule on the wall and asks: \"What's the problem with the van, Salvina? Can't we take the pastries to Marzamemi on Sunday?\"<\/em><\/li><li>Salvina chiude la cassa la sera e domanda a Orazio, che sta lavando i vassoi: \u00ab(Quale, Quanto, Quanti) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"6\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Quanti)<\/span><\/span> clienti sono passati oggi pomeriggio, in tutto? Hai contato gli scontrini?\u00bb<br><em>Salvina closes the cash register in the evening and asks Orazio, who is washing the trays: \"How many customers came by this afternoon, all in all? Did you count the receipts?\"<\/em><\/li><\/ul><hr\/>                                    <\/li>\n                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_response\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_correct\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>10 of 10. You have the italian che cosa system under control.<\/p><\/p>                                <\/div>\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_incorrect\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>Review the seven rules behind these slots:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin:0 0 0 18px; padding:0;\">\n<li><strong>Cosa is the national default for &#8220;what&#8221;.<\/strong> Manzoni canonised it in 1840, and today it works everywhere in Italy in speech and writing: <em>cosa fai?<\/em>, <em>cosa hai comprato?<\/em> Prepositions stay attached: <em>di cosa parli?<\/em>, <em>a cosa pensi?<\/em>, <em>con cosa lo apri?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che is short, southern, and lives in fixed formulas.<\/strong> Universal across Italy in <em>che ne so?<\/em>, <em>che c&#8217;e&#8217;?<\/em>, <em>che dire?<\/em>, regardless of region. In central-southern speech, <em>che<\/em> also replaces <em>cosa<\/em> in plain questions: <em>che vuoi per cena?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Che cos&#8217;e&#8217; is the elided formal form.<\/strong> Writing <em>che cosa e&#8217;<\/em> is wrong; the elision is mandatory: <em>che cos&#8217;e&#8217; il copyright?<\/em>, <em>che cos&#8217;e&#8217; la cassata?<\/em> The same elision happens in <em>cos&#8217;e&#8217;<\/em>, <em>cos&#8217;hai<\/em>, <em>cos&#8217;hanno<\/em> when <em>cosa<\/em> precedes a vowel-starting verb.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chi asks about people and takes the preposition with it.<\/strong> Always <em>di chi e&#8217; questo?<\/em> for ownership, <em>con chi hai parlato?<\/em>, <em>a chi hai dato le chiavi?<\/em>. Verbs like <em>parlare con<\/em>, <em>pensare a<\/em>, <em>fidarsi di<\/em> drag the preposition into the question.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quale + noun for &#8220;which&#8221; from a known set.<\/strong> Agrees in gender and number with the noun: <em>quale romanzo? quali libri? quale giacca? quali dolci?<\/em> Compare with <em>che + noun<\/em>, which asks for a type or category (<em>che lavoro fai?<\/em> = what kind of work).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qual e&#8217; has no apostrophe.<\/strong> The shortening of <em>quale<\/em> to <em>qual<\/em> before <em>e&#8217;<\/em> is truncation, not elision; Italian elision drops a vowel and marks it (<em>l&#8217;amico<\/em> from <em>lo amico<\/em>), truncation just drops a vowel (<em>qual<\/em> from <em>quale<\/em>, <em>buon<\/em> from <em>buono<\/em>). Write <em>qual e&#8217; il problema<\/em>, never <em>qual&#8217;e&#8217; il problema<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quanto \/ quanti \/ quante agree with the noun.<\/strong> <em>Quanto tempo?<\/em> (masc sing), <em>quanta acqua?<\/em> (fem sing), <em>quanti clienti?<\/em> (masc plur), <em>quante persone?<\/em> (fem plur). Alone for prices, <em>quanto costa?<\/em> stays invariable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Vocabulary: <em>lievito madre<\/em> = sourdough &middot; <em>tumminia<\/em> = traditional Sicilian wheat &middot; <em>cassata<\/em> = ricotta-and-marzipan Sicilian cake &middot; <em>cassatella<\/em> = small fried ricotta turnover &middot; <em>forno a legna<\/em> = wood-fired oven &middot; <em>teglia<\/em> = baking tray &middot; <em>Marzamemi<\/em> = fishing village south of Noto &middot; <em>Scicli<\/em> = baroque town between Modica and Pozzallo.<\/p>\n<\/p>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_tipp\" style=\"display: none; position: relative;\">\n                                <div>\n                                    <h5 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">Hint<\/h5>\n                                    <p><strong>Quick sweep:<\/strong> if the answer is a thing, you have three forms (<em>cosa<\/em> national, <em>che<\/em> southern or formula, <em>che cos&#8217;e&#8217;<\/em> formal elided). If the answer is a person, <em>chi<\/em> (and the preposition stays attached: <em>di chi<\/em>, <em>con chi<\/em>). If the answer is a choice from a set + noun, <em>quale<\/em> (agrees!). Before <em>e&#8217;<\/em>, write <em>qual e&#8217;<\/em> without apostrophe. For quantity, <em>quanto<\/em> agrees with the noun.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                <input type=\"button\" name=\"back\" value=\"Back\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\"\n                               style=\"float: left !important; margin-right: 10px !important; display: none;\">\n                                                    <input type=\"button\" name=\"tip\" value=\"Hint\"\n                                   class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton wpProQuiz_TipButton\"\n                                   style=\"float: left !important; display: inline-block; margin-right: 10px !important;\">\n                                                <input type=\"button\" name=\"check\" value=\"Check\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\"\n                               style=\"float: right !important; margin-right: 10px !important; display: none;\">\n                        <input type=\"button\" name=\"next\" value=\"Next\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\" style=\"float: right; display: none;\">\n\n                        <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_listItem\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                        <div\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_question_page\" style=\"display:none;\" >\n                            Question <span>2<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>                        <\/div>\n                        <h5 style=\"display: none;\"\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">\n                            <span>2<\/span>. Question                        <\/h5>\n\n                        \n                                                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n                            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question_text\">\n                                <h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Pick the one correct version in each group of three.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Each trio targets a specific italian che cosa trap from the lesson: qual e&#8217; has no apostrophe, quale + noun for choice from a set (not che), the preposition comes before chi when the verb requires one, and che cos&#8217;e&#8217; is mandatory elision (never che cosa e&#8217;).<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <ul class=\"wpProQuiz_questionList\" data-question_id=\"6881\"\n                                data-type=\"multiple\">\n                                \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"0\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"1\"> Vincenzo legge il volantino e chiede a Salvina: \u00abQual'\u00e8 il prezzo della cassatella di ricotta oggi pomeriggio?\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"1\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"2\"> Vincenzo legge il volantino e chiede a Salvina: \u00abQual \u00e8 il prezzo della cassatella di ricotta oggi pomeriggio?\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"2\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"3\"> Vincenzo legge il volantino e chiede a Salvina: \u00abQuale \u00e8 il prezzo della cassatella di ricotta oggi pomeriggio?\u00bb<hr\/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"3\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"4\"> Domitilla \u00e8 indecisa tra due lieviti. Orazio le chiede: \u00abChe lievito madre preferisci, quello di farro o quello di tumminia, per il pane di domani?\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"4\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"5\"> Domitilla \u00e8 indecisa tra due lieviti. Orazio le chiede: \u00abCosa lievito madre preferisci, quello di farro o quello di tumminia, per il pane di domani?\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"5\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"6\"> Domitilla \u00e8 indecisa tra due lieviti. Orazio le chiede: \u00abQuale lievito madre preferisci, quello di farro o quello di tumminia, per il pane di domani?\u00bb<hr\/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"6\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"7\"> Salvina alza la testa dal registro e domanda al marito: \u00abCon chi hai parlato del nuovo mulino di Scicli, l'altro ieri al telefono?\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"7\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"8\"> Salvina alza la testa dal registro e domanda al marito: \u00abChi hai parlato del nuovo mulino di Scicli, l'altro ieri al telefono?\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"8\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"9\"> Salvina alza la testa dal registro e domanda al marito: \u00abCon cosa hai parlato del nuovo mulino di Scicli, l'altro ieri al telefono?\u00bb<hr\/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"9\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"10\"> In fondo al menu della pasticceria, Salvina ha scritto in stampatello: \u00abChe cosa \u00e8 la cassata? Un dolce siciliano di ricotta e pasta di mandorla.\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"10\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"11\"> In fondo al menu della pasticceria, Salvina ha scritto in stampatello: \u00abChe cos'\u00e8 la cassata? Un dolce siciliano di ricotta e pasta di mandorla.\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"11\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_165_6881\"\n                                                       value=\"12\"> In fondo al menu della pasticceria, Salvina ha scritto in stampatello: \u00abChe cosa'\u00e8 la cassata? Un dolce siciliano di ricotta e pasta di mandorla.\u00bb                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_response\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_correct\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>4 of 4. Clean read on the four italian che cosa traps.<\/p><\/p>                                <\/div>\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_incorrect\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>The four traps behind these trios:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin:0 0 0 18px; padding:0;\">\n<li><strong>Qual e&#8217; has no apostrophe.<\/strong> <em>Quale<\/em> shortens to <em>qual<\/em> before <em>e&#8217;<\/em> by truncation, not elision. Italian elision drops a vowel and marks it with an apostrophe (<em>l&#8217;amico<\/em>); truncation just drops a vowel without any mark (<em>qual<\/em>, <em>buon<\/em>, <em>fior<\/em>). So: <em>qual e&#8217; il problema<\/em>, never <em>qual&#8217;e&#8217;<\/em>. The full form <em>quale e&#8217;<\/em> is grammatically possible but never used; Italian always shortens to <em>qual e&#8217;<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quale + noun for &#8220;which from a set&#8221;, not che + noun.<\/strong> When the speaker presupposes a choice from two or more known items, Italian uses <em>quale<\/em>: <em>quale lievito preferisci, quello di farro o di tumminia?<\/em> <em>Che + noun<\/em> exists but asks for a type or category (<em>che lavoro fai?<\/em> = what kind of work?). For a choice from a known set, <em>quale<\/em> is the safe form. <em>Cosa + noun<\/em> is never used: <em>cosa<\/em> stands alone as the head of the question.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preposition before chi when the verb requires one.<\/strong> Verbs like <em>parlare con<\/em>, <em>pensare a<\/em>, <em>fidarsi di<\/em>, <em>ricordarsi di<\/em> drag their preposition into the interrogative: <em>con chi hai parlato? a chi pensi? di chi ti fidi?<\/em> Writing <em>chi hai parlato?<\/em> without the preposition is a calque from English (&#8220;who did you talk to?&#8221;). And <em>con cosa hai parlato?<\/em> swaps a person for a thing: wrong slot entirely.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Che cos&#8217;e&#8217; is mandatory elision; che cosa e&#8217; is wrong in writing.<\/strong> When <em>cosa<\/em> precedes a vowel-starting verb (<em>e&#8217;<\/em>, <em>hai<\/em>, <em>hanno<\/em>), the final <em>a<\/em> elides and is marked with an apostrophe: <em>che cos&#8217;e&#8217;<\/em>, <em>cos&#8217;hai<\/em>, <em>cos&#8217;hanno<\/em>. Writing <em>che cosa e&#8217;<\/em> in writing is a beginner slip. The apostrophe goes between the elided <em>a<\/em> and the following vowel: <em>cos&#8217;e&#8217;<\/em>, never <em>cosa&#8217;e&#8217;<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Vocabulary: <em>cassata<\/em> = ricotta-and-marzipan Sicilian cake &middot; <em>cassatella di ricotta<\/em> = small ricotta turnover &middot; <em>lievito madre<\/em> = sourdough &middot; <em>tumminia<\/em> = traditional Sicilian wheat &middot; <em>farro<\/em> = spelt &middot; <em>mulino di Scicli<\/em> = mill in Scicli (baroque town near Modica) &middot; <em>stampatello<\/em> = block letters.<\/p>\n<\/p>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_tipp\" style=\"display: none; position: relative;\">\n                                <div>\n                                    <h5 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">Hint<\/h5>\n                                    <p>Four trios mirror the lesson&#8217;s three common mistakes plus the elision rule: trap 1 = qual e&#8217; no apostrophe (T1), trap 2 = quale not che for choice from a set (T2), trap 3 = preposition before chi when the verb requires one (T3), trap 4 = che cos&#8217;e&#8217; mandatory elision (T4). 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The answers below draw on real usage and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treccani.it\/enciclopedia\/interrogativi-pronomi_%28La-grammatica-italiana%29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Treccani entry on interrogative pronouns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Is che cosa more correct than cosa or che?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>No. All three forms are equally correct in standard Italian, according to Treccani and Accademia della Crusca. Che cosa is perceived as more formal and is the default in journalism, academic writing, and definitional questions (che cos&#8217;\u00e8 X?). Cosa is the national default in conversation and most writing, since Manzoni canonised it in 1840. Che dominates central-southern Italy and a few fixed expressions (che dire? che ne so? che c&#8217;\u00e8?) across the country.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Why is qual \u00e8 written without an apostrophe?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Because the shortening of quale to qual before \u00e8 is morphological, not orthographic. Italian distinguishes between elision (cuts a vowel, marks it with an apostrophe: l&#8217;amico from lo amico) and truncation (cuts a vowel without marking it: qual from quale, buon from buono, fior from fiore). Qual \u00e8 is truncation, so no apostrophe. The form qual&#8217;\u00e8 with apostrophe is one of the most flagged spelling errors in Italian; both Treccani and Crusca have devoted entries to it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What&#8217;s the difference between che and quale before a noun?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Quale + noun asks for a choice from a known or implied set: quale romanzo preferisci? (between two specific novels). Che + noun asks for a type or category: che lavoro fai? (what kind of work?), che film vediamo stasera? (what kind of film?). In practice the boundary is fuzzy and Italians often use them interchangeably, but quale is the safer choice when the answer is a specific item from a list.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-4\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How do I report an italian che cosa question with the right tense?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>When the reporting verb is in a past tense (mi ha chiesto, mi ha domandato), the verb of the embedded question typically goes into the subjunctive in formal writing: mi ha chiesto cosa stessi facendo, mi ha domandato chi fosse venuto. Spoken Italian relaxes this into the indicative: mi ha chiesto cosa stavo facendo, and both are accepted in conversation. The interrogative pronoun itself does not change shape; only the verb does.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-5\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Can I use diavolo or cavolo to reinforce a question?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes, both are widely used in everyday spoken Italian to add emphasis or frustration: ma che diavolo stai dicendo?, cosa cavolo hai fatto? Diavolo is slightly stronger than cavolo, which is a softened (semi-euphemistic) variant. Stronger reinforcers exist but cross into vulgarity. In formal writing, italian che cosa questions take mai instead: chi mai avrebbe potuto immaginarlo?<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related\">Related guides<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-relative-pronouns\/\">Italian Relative Pronouns: Che, Cui, Il Quale, Whose<\/a>: <em>che<\/em> as a relative pronoun versus <em>che<\/em> as italian che cosa interrogative.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-indirect-speech\/\">Italian Indirect Speech<\/a>: the full tense-shift map for reporting italian che cosa questions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/tenses-italian-indicativo-mood\/\">Italian Indicativo Tenses<\/a>: the consecutio temporum that drives the subjunctive in reported italian che cosa questions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/accademiadellacrusca.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accademia della Crusca<\/a>: institutional source for the qual \u00e8 \/ qual&#8217;\u00e8 debate and other italian che cosa spelling questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to say what in Italian: che, cosa, and che cosa are all correct and interchangeable. 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