Adjectives (aggettivi) (agg-et-tee-vee) (masc) Flashcards
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Happy (2 different words)
A
contento or felice
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Sad
A
triste
3
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Difficult
A
difficile
(dee-FEE-chee-lay)
4
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Easy
A
facile
(FAH-chee-lay)
5
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Boring
A
noioso / noiosa
(noy-oh-zo / noy-oh-za)
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Bad
A
cattivo
(kah-TEE-voh)
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Interesting
A
interessante
(in·te·res·SAN·teh)
8
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Good
A
buono
9
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Honest
A
onesto
(oh-nest-oh)
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Dishonest
A
disonesto
(Deez-oh-nest-oh)
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Friendly
A
simpatico
(sim-PAH-tee-ko)
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Unfriendly
A
antipatico
(ahn-tee-PAH-tee-ko)
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Sociable
A
socievole
(so-CHEY-vo-lay)
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Timid / shy
A
timido / timida
(T-mee-doh)
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Nervous
A
nervosa
(NERR-voh-sa)
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Calm
A
tranquilla
(Trahn-QUEE-lah)
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French
A
francese
(fran-chez-zay)
18
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English
A
inglese
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Greek
A
greco/a
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Indian
A
indiana/o
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mexican
A
messicana/o
(meh-see-CAHN-a or o)
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Japanese
A
giapponese
(jap-oh-NAYZ-EH)
23
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Canadian
A
canadese
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German
A
tadesca/o
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Fun
divertente
(dee-ver-tent-ay)
26
unpeasant
antipatico / antipatica
27
beautiful, handsome
bello / bella
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good / talented (someone is good)
bravo / brava
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good (something is good)
buono / buona
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bad / naughty
cattivo / cattiva
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content
contento / contenta
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generous
generoso / generosa
33
important
importante
34
independent
indipendente
35
long
lungo / lunga
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Lazy
pigro / pigra
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serious
serio / serioa
38
sincere
sincero / sincera
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Pessimist
pessimista
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tranquil
tranquillo / tranquilla
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Spanish
spagnolo / spagnola
42
hot
caldo / calda
43
hungry
affamato / affamata
44
cold
freddo / fredda
45
hurry (to be in a hurry)
fretta
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Afraid (of)
paura (di)
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reason (to be right)
ragione (fem) (avere ragione = to be right)
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Thirst
sete
49
Old
vecchio / vecchia
50
smooth
liscio (lee-show)
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What are 4 different endings possible for adjectives ending in "O"
Ex: Italiano
Singular = O or A
Italiano (masc singlular)
Italiana (fem singular)
Plural = I or E
Italiani (masc plural)
Italiane (fem plural)
52
How do you change an adjective ending in "O" to a plural?
(ex = Italiano change to plural)
O = I
Italiano = Italiani
53
How do you change an adjective ending in "A" to a plurla?
Ex: Italiana = change to plural
A = E
Italiana = Italiane
54
The American Students are nice
Gli studenti americani sono simpatici (sim-pat-i-chi)
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The girls are italian
Le regazze sono italiane
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What are 2 different endings possible for adjectives ending in "E"
Ex: Intelligente
Singular = E
Plural = I
Intelligente (singular) = Intelligenti (plural)
57
The (female) students of Italian are intelligent
Le studentesse d'italiano sono intelligenti
(intelligente becomes "i" b/c ends in -e and is plural). Doesn't matter gender)
58
What needs to be modified if an adjective ends in the below and you want to make them plural?
-co / -ca
-go / -ga
Ex: Simpatica
Add an "H"
Simpatica = Simpatiche
(sim-pat-i-kay)
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The girl is nice
The girls are nice
La ragazza è simpatica
Le regazze sono simpatiche
60
Angry
Arrabbiato / Arrabbiata
(Are-rah-bee-a-toh)
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cheerful
allegro / allegra
62
fat
grasso / grassa
(Grahs-soh)
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thin
magro / magra
(mah-grow)
64
weak
debole
(DAY-bow-lay)
65
strong
forte
66
optomistic
ottimistico/ a
(oh-tee-misty-ko)
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pessimistic
pessimista
(pess-ee-mist-ah)
68
Tall
alto / alta
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2 ways to say short
1. Short in stature/height
2. Short on time
1. basso
2. corto / corta
70
of average height
di media statura
(stat-ore-ah)
71
blonde
biondo
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Dark haired
moro / mora
73
different
diverso / a
(dee-vare-soh)
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Ugly
brutto / brutta
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Cute
Carino / Carina
(ka-REEN-oh)
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Muscular
muscoloso / muscolosa
(moose-koh-low-zoh)
77
active
sportivo / sportiva
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dyanamic
dinamico / dinamica
(dee-NAH-mee-coh)
79
Casual confidence
disinvolto / disinvolta
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sly / shrewd
furbo / furba
(for-bow)
81
naive
ingenuo / ingenua
(in-gen-whoa)
82
sensitive
sensibile
(sen-SEE-bee-lay)
83
insensitive
insensibile
(in-sen-SEE-bee-lay)
84
responsible
responsabile
(re-spon-SA-bee-lay)
85
irresponsible
irresponsabile
(ir-re-spon-SA-bee-lay)
86
courteous
cortese
(corr-tay-say)
87
young
giovane
(joe-vah-nay)
88
old
Vecchio / vecchia
89
discourteous / rude
scortese
(scor-tay-say)
90
selfish
Egoista
(ay-go-ista)
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The italian student is confident
Lo studente italiano è disinvolto
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Feminists
femminista
93
She is angry
Lei è arrabbiata
(err-AH-bee-at-ah)
94
Those children are rude
Quei bambini sono scortesi
(kway)
(score-tay-zee)
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Your daughters are cute
Le tue figlie sono carine
(ka-REE-nay)
(carina= carine as plural feminine)
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What 3 ways are adjectives ending in - ista change with nouns?
1. All singular (masc & fem) = -a
2. Masculine plural = -i
3. Feminine plural = -e
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Roberto is very selfish
Roberto è molto egoista
(ay-go-ista)
(masculine singular)
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Antonio and Angela are optomistic
Antonio e Angela sono ottimisti
(masculan/mixed plural)
99
Fabiola is never pessimistic
Fabioloa non è mai pessimista
("pessimista= feminine singular is -a ending)
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Daniela and giorgia are feminists
Daniela e Giorgia sono femministe
("feminista" = -e ending for feminine plural)
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To describe someone hair or eye color, what do you use?
Avere + gli occhi + adjective
Avere + i cappelli + adjective
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What are the 2 ways to say Brown:
1. just the color in general
2. color as in used for hair or eyes
1. marrone
2. castano
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blue as in eye color
azzurro
104
brown eyes
gli occhi castani
(oh-key)
castano = castani (masc, plur)
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blue eyes
gli occhi azzuri
(oh-key)
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Blue (in general)
Blu
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Short hair
i capelli corti
108
Long hair
i capelli lunghi
Lungo = lunghi for plural
(loon-gee)
109
straight hair
i capelli lisci
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Wavy hair
i capelli mossi
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grey hair
i capelli grigi
112
curly hair
i capelli ricci
113
green
verde
114
red
rosso/a
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hazel eyes
gli occhi nocciola
(no-CHOH-lah)
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I don't have wavy hair
non ho i capelli mossi
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My kids have brown eyes
i miei figli hanno gli occhi castani
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Do you see the girl with brown hair? (the brown-haired girl)
Vedi la ragazza con i (dai) capelli castani?
Vedere= tu vedi
castano = castani as plural (masc, plur)
119
Adjectives usually follow the noun in Italian
The following adjectives precede the noun
- bello (handsome) *has special forms
- brutto (ugly)
- buono (good) *has special forms
- cattivo (bad)
- nuovo (new)
- old (vecchio)
- giovane (young)
- grande (big)
- piccolo (small)
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I have a small problem
Ho un piccolo problema
*picocolo precedes noun
121
Dora always gets bad grades
Dora prende sempre brutti voti
*brutto/brutti precedes noun
Prendere= Lei prende
Brutto = brutti for masculine plural
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Let's go in your new car
Andiamo con la tua nuova macchina
*nuova precedes noun
123
Old friends are the best
Le vecchie amiche sono le migliori
(vec-ee-ay)
(ah-mee-kay)
(meel-yor-i) (migliore)
*vecchio/vecchie precedes noun
124
Helpful / Available
disponibile
(DEES-pon-EE-bee-lay)
125
Faithful / Loyal
fedele
(Fay-DAY-lay)
126
Jealous
geloso / gelosa
127
Slow
lento / lenta
128
Modest
modesto / modesta
129
Straight
liscio / liscia
130
Black
nero
131
Hazel
nocciola
132
Poor
povero / povera
133
Patient
paziente
134
Favorite
preferito / preferita
135
Worried
preoccupato / preoccupata
136
Funnyy / Clever
spiritoso / spiritosa
137
Tired
stanco / stanca
138
Kind
gentile
139
Expensive
(2 different words that are synonymous)
caro / cara
costoso / costosa
140
Light / Clear
chiaro
chiara
141
Cheap
economico
economica
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