qual, quala

Which One

Level 2

Qual and quala ask which one, with no noun.

How It Works

Use qual and quala to ask for a choice between things you can see or have just named. The noun is not repeated.

SingularPlural
Masculinequalquals
Femininequalaqualas

The form follows the thing you choose, not the person who answers. If someone shows two chairs, Quala prenes? asks which chair, because cadièra is feminine. When you name the noun in the question, use quin and quina instead: Quina cadièra prenes? The two words overlap in the dictionaries, and this course keeps them apart: quin with a noun, qual without one.

Examples (4)

  1. Qual vòles?

    Which one do you want?

    Qual stands for a masculine thing that is already known.

  2. Quala prenes?

    Which one are you taking?

    Quala stands for a feminine thing that is already known.

  3. Qualas vòles?

    Which ones do you want?

    Qualas stands for feminine plural things.

  4. Quala vòles, la blava o la roja?

    Which one do you want, the blue one or the red one?

    The question names the choices.

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Qual and quala are used instead of quin when no noun follows, so quin comes first.

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