To say "this" or "these" use "questo". To say "that" or "those" use "quello". They must agree in gender and number with the noun. "Queste rosse" means "these red ones (feminine plural)".
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🇮🇹Preferisce queste rosse o quelle gialle?
🇬🇧Do you prefer these red ones or those yellow ones?
🇮🇹Voglio questo pomodoro.
🇬🇧I want this tomato.
Using the Particle "Ne" (of it / of them)
"Ne" is a crucial pronoun that replaces a phrase introduced by "di" (of). When a vendor asks how much you want of something already mentioned, you must use "ne" to avoid repeating the noun.
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🇮🇹Quanti pomodori vuole? Ne vorrei mezzo chilo.
🇬🇧How many tomatoes do you want? I would like half a kilo of them (ne).
Verbs like "Servire" (To need / To be useful)
To express "I need", Italians often use the verb "servire". It works like "piacere", meaning "It is useful to me". If you need plural things, use "mi servono". If singular, use "mi serve".
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🇮🇹Mi servono dei pomodori.
🇬🇧I need some tomatoes. (Tomatoes are useful to me)
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