3B Descriptive adjectives (describing people)

Question 1

Placement of descriptive adjectives

Answer 1

Generally follow the nouns they modify
…lo studente pigro

Exception is the BAGS adjectives, which preceed the noun (Beauty / Age / Goodness / Size)

Question 2

height

Answer 2

tall: alto/a
medium: dimedia statura
short: basso

Question 3

fat / thin

Answer 3

fat: grasso/a
thin: magro/a

Question 4

ugly / cute

Answer 4

ugly: brutto/a
cute: carino/a

Question 5

blond / dark-haired

Answer 5

blond: biondo/a
dark-haired: moro/a

Question 6

muscular

Answer 6

muscoloso/a

Question 7

active (relative to sports)

Answer 7

sportivo/a

Question 8

cheerful / angry

Answer 8

cheerful: allegro/a
angry: arrabbiato/a

Question 9

audacious, bold

Answer 9

audace

Question 10

dynamic

Answer 10

dinamico/a

Question 11

confident

Answer 11

disinvolto/a

Question 12

shrewd, sly

Answer 12

furbo/a

Question 13

naive

Answer 13

ingenuo/a

Question 14

(in)sensitive

Answer 14

(in)sensibile

Question 15

(ir)responsible

Answer 15

(ir)responsabile

Question 16

(dis)courteous

Answer 16

(s)cortese

Question 17

To describe the color of a person’s eyes or hair…

Answer 17

**eyes…(l’occhio, gli occhi): **
avere + gli occhi + [adjective]

hair…(la capello, i capelli):
avere + i capelli + [adjective]

ho, hai, ha / abbiamo, avete, hanno

Question 18

blue (eyes)
sky blue (eyes)

Answer 18

blu (invar)
(ha gli occhi blu)
azzurri (hai gli occhi azzurri)
(azzuro, azzurra / azzuri, azzure)

Question 19

grey (eyes)
brown (eyes)

Answer 19

grigi (ha gli occhi grigi)
(grigio, grigia / grigi, grigie)
marroni (ha gli occhi marroni)

Question 20

hazel (eyes)
green (eyes)

Answer 20

nocciola (invar)
(ha gli occhi nocciola)
verdi (ha gli occhi verdi)

Question 21

white (hair)

Answer 21

bianchi
…ha i capelli bianchi
(bianco, bianca / bianchi, bianche)

Question 22

brown (hair)

Answer 22

castani
…ha i capelli castani

Question 23

black (hair)

Answer 23

neri
…ho i capelli neri
(nero, nera / neri, nere)

Question 24

red (hair)

Answer 24

rossi
…hai i capelli rossi
(rosso, rossa / rossi, rosse)

Question 25

long / short

Answer 25

ha i capelli **lunghi** (longo, lunga / lunghi, lunghe) ho i capelli **corti** (corto, corta / corti, corte)

Question 26

straight (hair)

Answer 26

ho i capelli **lisci** (liscio, liscia / lisci, lisce)

Question 27

wavy (hair) / curly (hair)

Answer 27

wavy: mossi curly: ricci *(rich... ricco, ricca / ricchi, ricche)*

Question 28

He **has** brown hair... The person **with** brown hair...

Answer 28

Ha i capelli castani. La persona **dai** i capelli castani. La persona **con** i capelli castani.

Question 29

BAGS adjectives...

Answer 29

...come before the noun **B**eauty **A**ge **G**oodness **S**ize

Question 30

BAGS... Beauty

Answer 30

**bello** (handsome, beautiful) **brutto** (ugly)

Question 31

BAGS... Age

Answer 31

**nuovo **(old) **giovane** (young) **vecchio** (old)

Question 32

BAGS... Goodness

Answer 32

**bravo** (skilled, talented) **buono** (good character/quality) **cattivo** (bad character)

Question 33

BAGS... Size

Answer 33

**grande** (large) **piccolo** (small)