Aggetivi - Adjectives Uso e Concordanza Use and Agreement.

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Aggetivi - Adjectives Uso e Concordanza Use and Agreement

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Aggetivi - Adjectives

Uso e Concordanza

Use and Agreement

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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

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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

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Two form adjectives

• End in –e in the masculine singular formelegante, verde, canadese, intelligente

M. Sing. verdeM. Pl. verdiF. Sing. verdeF. Pl. verdi

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Colori• Here are the colours in Italian:

Bianco Nero Grigio

Rosso Arancione Giallo

Verde Azzuro Blu

Porpora Viola Rosa Marrone

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Descrivi i peperoni

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Descrivi i fiori

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Descrivi i gente

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Descrivi i gente

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Descrivi i regali

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Descrivi le macchine