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3B Descriptive adjectives (describing people) Flashcards

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1
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Placement of descriptive adjectives

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Generally follow the nouns they modify
…lo studente pigro

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

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2
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height

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

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3
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fat / thin

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fat: grasso/a
thin: magro/a

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4
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ugly / cute

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ugly: brutto/a
cute: carino/a

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5
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blond / dark-haired

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

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muscular

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muscoloso/a

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active (relative to sports)

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sportivo/a

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cheerful / angry

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cheerful: allegro/a
angry: arrabbiato/a

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9
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audacious, bold

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audace

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10
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dynamic

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dinamico/a

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confident

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disinvolto/a

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shrewd, sly

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furbo/a

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naive

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ingenuo/a

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(in)sensitive

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(in)sensibile

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(ir)responsible

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(ir)responsabile

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(dis)courteous

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(s)cortese

17
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To describe the color of a person’s eyes or hair…

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

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

ho, hai, ha / abbiamo, avete, hanno

18
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blue (eyes)
sky blue (eyes)

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

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grey (eyes)
brown (eyes)

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

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hazel (eyes)
green (eyes)

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

21
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white (hair)

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

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brown (hair)

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castani
…ha i capelli castani

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black (hair)

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

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red (hair)

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

25
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long / short

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ha i capelli lunghi
(longo, lunga / lunghi, lunghe)

ho i capelli corti
(corto, corta / corti, corte)

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straight (hair)

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

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wavy (hair) /
curly (hair)

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wavy: mossi
curly: ricci

(rich… ricco, ricca / ricchi, ricche)

28
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He has brown hair…
The person with brown hair…

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Ha i capelli castani.

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

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BAGS adjectives…

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…come before the noun
Beauty
Age
Goodness
Size

30
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BAGS… Beauty

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bello (handsome, beautiful)
brutto (ugly)

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BAGS… Age

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

32
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BAGS… Goodness

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

33
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BAGS… Size

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grande (large)
piccolo (small)

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