Italian Adjetives
Italian and English differ in their usage of adjectives. Italian descriptive
adjectives are usually placed after the noun they modify, and with which they
agree in gender and number. As a difference with English, adjectives may be
placed both before or after the noun.
- Italian Adjetives II
- La grande città » the large town.
- La città grande » the large town.
are both correct, but in the second one the idea of large is slightly more. More examples:
- La macchina rossa » the red car
- Le macchine rosse » the red cars
- Il divano rosso » the red sofa
- I divani rossi » the red sofas
Endings for adjectives:
- Adjectives ending in -o have four forms. They need to modify their endings for gender and number.
Gender & number | Adjective ending |
masculine singular | -o |
masculine plural | -a |
feminine singular | -i |
feminine plural | -e |
There's a list of adjectives ending in -o:
• allegro » cheerful, happy | • grasso » fat |
• buono » good, kind | • leggero » light |
• cattivo » bad, wicked | • nuovo » new |
• freddo » cold | • pieno » full |
• stretto » narrow | • timido » timid, shy |
Exampes:
• il gatto nero (the black
cat, m) » i gatti neri
(the black cats,
m)
• la gatta nera (the black cat, f) »
le gatte nere
(the black cats,
f)
• il
ragazzo cattivo (the bad boy) » i ragazzi cattivi (the bad
boys)
• la ragazza cattiva (the bad
girl) » le ragazze cattive (the bad girls)
- Italian Adjetives II
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