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Tiscali: Italian Phrase Finder: Italian Grammar -adjectives

Phrases



Adjectives



Adjectives normally follow the noun they describe in Italian,
e.g. la mela rossa (the red apple)



Some common exceptions which precede the noun are:



bello beautiful, breve short, brutto ugly, buono good, cattivo bad, giovane young, grande big, lungo long, nuovo new, piccolo small, vecchio old
e.g. una bella giornata (a beautiful day)



Italian adjectives have to reflect the gender of the noun they describe. To make an adjective feminine, an a replaces the o of the masculine, e.g. rosso - rossa. Adjectives ending in e, e.g. giovane, can be either masculine or feminine. The plural forms of the adjective change in the way described for nouns (above).



my, your, his, her



These words also depend on the gender and number of the noun they accompany, and not on the sex of the 'owner'.




with masc.


with fem.


with masc.


with fem.




sing. noun


sing. noun


plur. noun


plur. noun


my


il mio


la mia


i miei


le mie


your (polite)


il suo


la sua


i suoi


le sue


your (plural)


il vostro


la vostra


i vostri


le vostre


his/her


il suo


la sua


i suoi


le sue



 

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