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Adjective placement
Signora Albanese
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Adjective placement
Descriptive adjectives usually follow the noun that they modify.
una porta segreta: a secret door i capelli lunghi: long hair degli amici generosi: some generous friends
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Adj. placement
A few short descriptive adjectives precede the noun that the modify:
Bello/brutto caro Buono/cattivo stesso Altro nuovo Bravo Giovane/vecchio “4B double G CVNP” Grande/piccolo
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Gli esempi
Ti dai dei buoni consigli. You give some good advice.
Abiti ancora allo stesso indirizzo? Do you still live at the same address? La brutta Befana vola sulla scopa. The ugly Befana flies on the broom.
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Adj. placement
Nota bene: When the above adjectives are modified by MOLTO, they follow the noun.
Tu dai dei consigli molti buoni. You give very good advice. La strega molto brutta vola su una scopa. The very ugly witch flies on a broom.
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Adj. placement
Some adjectives have different meanings depending on their position. In the normal position after the noun, the meaning tends to be literal. Before the noun, the meaning changes.
una stoffa cara: an expensive material Un caro amico: a dear (cherised) friend Un autore cattivo: a spiteful (wicked) author Un cattivo ragazzo: a bad (naughty) boy
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Adj. placement
Libri diversi: different books Diversi libri: several books Un uomo grande: a large/tall man Un grand’uomo: a great man Una macchina nuova: a newly purchased car Una nuova amica: a new friend Le famiglie povere: the poor families (without
money Le povere famiglie: the unfortunate families
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Adj. placement
Un uomo solo: a man alone, a single man (by himself)
Un solo uomo: the only man
Un amico vecchio: an old friend (age) Un vecchio amico: an old (longtime) friend
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Adj. placement
Adjectives of quantity, possession, and demonstrative adjectives usually precede the noun.
Tre cravatte: three ties Meno soldi: less money Mia cugina: my cousin Quel ragazzo: that boy
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Adj. placement
Other adjectives that precede a noun are: Alcuni: some, any qualsiasi: any Altro: other tutto: all, whole, every Certo: certain ultimo: last Ogni: each Parecchio: several Primo: first Qualche: some
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Adj. placement
When more than one adjective describes a noun, each adjective is placed in its normal position. Two adjectives in the same position are joined by “and.”
Un caro e bravo ragazzo: a dear, good boy Una grande stanza soleggiata: a large,
sunny room Una ragazza intelligente e simpatica: a
nice, intelligent girl
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Bello e Buono
The adjectives bello e buono can either follow the noun they modify or precede it.
If bello o buono precede the noun then they are modified.
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Bello imitates the definite article
il divano bel divano l’appartamento bell’appartamento lo scaffale bello scaffale la casa bella casa l’amica bell’amica i divani bei divanigli appartamenti begli appartamentigli scaffale begli scaffali le case belle case le amiche belle amiche
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Buono imitates the indefinite article for singular forms. For plural it can only be buoni or buone. un divano buon divano un appartamento buon appartamento uno scaffale buono scaffale una casa buona casa un’amica buon’amica divani buoni divani appartamenti buoni appartamenti scaffali buoni scaffali case buone case amiche buone amiche
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Grande
When the adjective grande precedes the noun, it may become grand’ before a singular noun beginning with a vowel or gran before a singular noun beginning with a consonant (except z and s + consonant). In the plural, only the form grandi is used.
Un grand’amico una gran pittrice (female painter)
Un gran pittore
Una grand’amica
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Grandi
Dei grandi amici e delle grandi amiche: some great friends ( males/females)
Dei grandi pittori/ delle grandi pittrici: some great painters (male/female)
* When grande follows a noun, the regular forms grande and grandi are used.
Vorrei un appartamento grande. I would like a big apartment.
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Questo e Quello
This and These have the t’s, That and Those don’t
Questo – this/theseQuello – that/those
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The adjective Quello imitates the definite article
il divano quel divano l’appartamento
quell’appartamento lo scaffale quello scaffale la casa quella casa l’amica quell’amica i divani quei divanigli appartamenti quegli
appartamentigli scaffale quegli scaffali le case quelle case le amiche quelle amiche
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The adjective Questo
questo divano questi divaniquest’appartamento questi
appartamentiquesto scaffale questi scaffaliquesta casa queste casequest’amica queste amiche
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Questo and Quello as pronouns
A pronoun replaces a noun. When used as a pronoun questo and quello have the
following forms.
Questo: questo, questi, questa, queste Quello: quello, quelli, quella, quelleMi piacciono queste. I like these.Non mi piacciono quelli. I don’t like those.
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Translate…
That nice guy is tall.Do you like this university?This house is beautiful.Does your sister like these couches?Do your parents watch those Italian
movies?
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