Introduction. In Italian there are three ways to form questions.
1. Simply use a rising inflection of the voice to turn a statement into a question. This works when the expected answer is "yes."
Ci sono molti teatri a Roma. > Ci sono molti teatri a Roma?
(Unlike English, Italian does not need to begin a question with "Do...?" or "Does...?")
2. Add a tag phrase to the end of a statement. Again, the expected answer is in the affermative.
Ci sono molti teatri a Roma, non è vero? ("aren't there?")
Ci sono molti teatri a Roma, no?
Ci sono molti teatri a Roma, vero?
3. Use special question words to begin a question. Questions formed like this will elicit an answer that contains a specific type of information.
| Chi? | Who? |
| Di chi? | Whose? |
| Cosa? / Che cosa? / Che? | What? |
| Come? | How? |
| Quale? (Plural: Quali...?) | Which? |
| Quando? | When? |
| Perché? | Why? |
| Dove? | Where? |
| Quanto? | How much? |
| Quanti/ quante? | How many? |
| A che ora...? | A what time? |
Source: The Italian Program at the University of Kentucky
