Adjectives Flashcards
Alto
Tall
Alto
Alta
Alto
Alte
Simpatico
Nice
Simpatico
Simpatica
Simpatici
Simpatice
Italiano
Italian
Italiano
Italiana
Italiani
Italiane
Inglese
English
Inglese
Inglesi
If the masculine ends in -e you don’t change the endingt for the feminine
Veloce
Fast
Veloce
Veloci
If the masculine ends in -e you don’t change the endingt for the feminine
Rosa
Pink
Rosa
These adjectives don’t change in the plural or for the feminine
Blu
Blue
These adjectives don’t change in the plural or for the feminine
Beige
Beige
These adjectives don’t change in the plural or for the feminine
Pop
Pop
Adjective ending in consonant don’t change in feminine or plural
Snob
Posh
Adjective ending in consonant don’t change in feminine or plural
Rosso
Red
Rosso
Rossa
Rossi
Rosse
Nuovo
New
Nuovo
Nuova
Nuovi
Nuove
Pericoloso
Dangerous
Pericoloso
Pericolosa
Pericolosi
Pericolose
Nero
Black
Nero
Nera
Neri
Nere
Difficile
Difficult
Difficile
Difficili
If an adjective ends in -e change to -I for both masculine and feminine
Interessante
Interesting
Interessante
Interessanti
If an adjective ends in -e change to -I for both masculine and feminine
Triste
Sad
Triste
Tristi
Pesante
Heavy
Pesante
Pesanti
Bello
Beautiful
M s Used after a verb or a noun
Bella
Beautiful
F s used before a noun or after a noun or verb
Belli
M p Used after a verb or a noun
Belle
F p Used before a noun or after a verb or noun
Bel
M s used before a noun
Bei
M plural used before a noun
Un bell’albero
A beautiful tree
-Bell’ Used before vowels in the masculine and feminine singular forms
Un bello strumento
A beautiful instrument
Bello is used in front of z and s+ c
Begli alberi
Beautiful trees
Begli is used in front of vowels z and s+ consonant in masculine plural form
Buono
Good
Buon viaggio!
Shortened to buon when it comes before a masculine singular noun
Un buono studente
The good student
The shortened form of buono is not used in front of nouns that start with z or s+ c
Grande
Big, large or great
La Gran Bretagna
Great Britain
Grande is shortened to gran when it comes before a singular noun starting with a consonant
Un gran numero di macchine
A large number of cars
