Chapter 8: Adjectives and adverbs Flashcards
More than (comparative adjective) between different objects/subjects
piu di
more than between two aspects of the same object or when comparing two adj, advm pronouns, nouns or inf
piu che
comparative of minority
meno di or meno che
Comparative of equality (2 ways)
cosi… come
tanto…. quanto
in my opinion
a mio parere
secondo me
This/these (close to speaker)
questo/a
questi/e
that/those (far from the speaker)
quel, quello, quell’ (masc)
quella, quell’ (fem)
quei, quigli (masc pl)
quelle (fem pl)
bad
cattivo
young
giovane
large/great
grande
true, real
vero
beautiful
bello
good, able
bravo
dear
caro
too much
troppo
very
molto
fairly, enough
abbastanza
rather
piutosto
Superlative structure (the most or the least)
“You are the richest lady in the city “
article+noun+piu/meno+adjective+di
tu sei la donna piu ricca della citta
4 ways to say VERY in front of a word
molto
tanto
parecchio
assai
Prefixes in front of adjectives (for very)
arci-
stra-
super-
ultra-
comparative and absolute relative of high (tall)
alto
superiore
supremo/sommo
comparative and absolute relative of low/short
basso
inferiore
infimo
comparative and absolute relative of good
buono
migliore
ottimo
comparative and absolute relative of bad
cattivo
peggiore
pessimo
comparative and absolute relative of big
grande
maggiore
massimo
comparative and absolute relative of small
piccolo
minore
minimo
colossal
colossale
immense
immenso
divine
divino
enchanting
encantevole
excellent
eccellente
magnificent
magnifico
enormous
enorme
eternal
eterno
marvelous/wonderful
meraviglioso
certain/certainly
certo/a
certamente
fortunate
fortunately
fortunato/fortunatamente
intimate
intimately
intimo/a
intimamente
slow
slowly
lento/a
lentamente
moderate/moderately
moderato/a
moderatamente
honest
honestly
onesto/a
onestamente
temporary
temporarily
provvisorio/a
provvisoriamente
silent
silently
silenzioso/a
silenziosamente
sincere
sincerely
sincero/a
sinceramente
last
lastly
ultimo/a
ultimamente
other
otherwise
altro
altrimenti
light
lightly
leggero
leggermente
violent
violently
violento
violentemente
happily
felicemente
sweetly
dolcemente
frequently
frequentemente
now
adesso
then
allora
yet
ancora
as soon as
appena
until
fino a
until now
finora
already
gia
never
mai
every once in a while
ogni tanto
then
poi
already
ormai
soon
presto
rarely
raramente
always
sempre
often
spesso
late
tardi
everywhere
dappertutto
in front
davanti
behind
indietro
outside
fuori
down
giu
behind, bakc
indietro
far
lontano
everywhere
ovunque
under
sotto
near
vicino
also
anche
still
ancora
on purpose
apposta
even if
benche
thus, so
cosi
maybe
forse
in fact
infatti
at last
infine
besides
inoltre
together
insieme
all in all
insomma
meanwhile
intanto
not even (3 words)
neanche
nemmeno
neppure
about, approximately
pressapoco
really, exactly
proprio
also
pure
almost
quasi
especially, above all
soprattuto
on time
in orario
again
di nuovo
recently
di recente
late
in ritartdo
usually
di solito
close pu
di vicino
in general
in generale
in short
in breve
up high
in alto
down
in basso
affection
l’affetto
the fireplace
il camino
the breed
la razza
the warmth
il calduccio
the purring
le fusa
the mouse
il topo
the owner
il padrone
abused
abusato
nice
carino
neglected
trascurato
to take care of
accudire
to leave
assentarsi
to be necessary
bisognare
to become
diventare
to stroll around
gironzolare
to lick
liccare
to jump
saltare
to treat
trattare
with great joy
fare le feste
to purr
fare la fusa
to feel sorry
fare pena