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