Significato di whose in italiano

• 0 used to ask who something belongs to or who someone or something is connected with -- di chi

  • Whose gloves are these? Di chi sono questi guanti?

  • Whose car shall we use? La macchina di chi dobbiamo usare?

• 1 used for adding information about a person or thing just mentioned -- il cui, la cui, del quale, della quale

  • The story was about a man whose family came from Russia. La storia raccontava di un uomo la cui famiglia veniva dalla Russia.

  • It was an old house whose owner had died. Era una vecchia casa di cui il proprietario era morto.

• 2 belonging to which person(?) -- di chi; quale

  • Whose is this jacket?

  • Whose (jacket) is this?

  • Whose car did you come back in?

  • In whose house did this incident happen?

  • Tell me whose (pens) these are.

• 3 of whom or which (the) -- cui, di cui*

  • Show me the boy whose father is a policeman

  • What is the name of the man whose this book is?