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Aggetivi - Adjectives
Uso e Concordanza
Use and Agreement
Aggetivi: Che sono?
• Adjectives describe nouns:
• In Italian, adjectives must agree with nouns in both gender and number
• For descriptive adjectives in Italian there are two patterns:
• Four form adjectives
• Two form adjectives
Four form adjectives
• End in –o in the masculine singular formalto, vecchio, caldo, piccolo, nuovo, italiano
M. Sing. altoM. Pl. altiF. Sing. altaF. Pl. alte
Two form adjectives
• End in –e in the masculine singular formelegante, verde, canadese, intelligente
M. Sing. verdeM. Pl. verdiF. Sing. verdeF. Pl. verdi
Some rules
• If describing a mixed gender group of people, animals, objects, use masculine plural:
Francesca e il suo ragazzo sono simpatici.• Adjectives that end in –one or –ona pluralize to –
oni and –one, respectively.
Lui è un chiacchierone. Lei è una chiacchierona.• Adjectives that end in –ista stay the same for M
& F Singular, but pluralize to –isti or –iste.
Franco è un barista. Laura e Sonia sono bariste.
Some rules
• Just like with nouns, when you pluralize an adjective ending in –go, you add an h:
Lungo, Lunghi; Lunga, Lunghe.• Adjectives that end in –co are just weird: sometimes they
add an h, sometimes not. Memorize them Pubblico, pubblici; Pubblica, pubbliche.
Simpatico, simpatici; Simpatica, simpatiche.Poco, pochi: Poca, poche.
• Adjectives ending in –io pluralize by dropping one iIl dottore è vecchio. I dottori sono vecchi. La nonna è saggia. Le nonne sono sagge.
Buono
• Buono (good) has the following forms:
M. Sing.Vowel buonM. Sing. Cons. buonoM. Plural buoniF. Sing. Vowel buon’F. Sing. Cons. BuonaF. Plural buone
Grande
• Grande (big, large) has the following forms:
M. Sing.Vowel granM. Sing. Cons. grandeM. Plural grandiF. Sing. Vowel gran’F. Sing. Cons. grandeF. Plural grandi
Bello
• Bello (beautiful, nice) has the following forms:
M. Sing.Vowel bell’ Plural beiM. Sing. Cons. bel Plural beiM. Sing. S+cons bello Plural begli
F. Sing. Vowel bell’F. Sing. Cons. bellaF. Plural belle
Colori• Here are the colours in Italian:
Bianco Nero Grigio
Rosso Arancione Giallo
Verde Azzuro Blu
Porpora Viola Rosa Marrone
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