qualche

Italian

Etymology

From qual +‎ che.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwalke/

Adjective

qualche m or f (only singular)

  1. (a) few
    Ho qualche amico. ― I have a few friends.
  2. some, any

Usage notes

Qualche always precedes the noun and is invariant for gender and number. The noun is always singular, even though the sense is usually plural:

Posso fare qualche domanda? ― Can I ask you some questions?

Adverb

qualche

  1. (rare, regional) some, about

Synonyms

References
  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 139
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