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1.12: Descriptive adjectives – Gli aggettivi qualificativi

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    Obiettivi didattici
    • Understand the role of adjectives in a sentence.
    • Learn how to use Italian adjectives.
    • Expand your vocabulary with some frequent descriptive adjectives.

    What is an adjective?

    Adjectives are modifiers of nouns. They are words that give us additional information on someone or something. Descriptive adjectives will provide information related to the physical aspect or to the personality of the noun (e.g. a large room, a funny cat).

    In Italian, they need to work in agreement with the noun they are describing. We establish this bond by changing the ending of the adjective to match gender and number of the corresponding noun.

    You simply have to follow the same pattern you learned for nouns:

    Desinenze
      Singolare Plurale
    Maschile – o ⇒ – i
    Femminile – a ⇒ – e
    Masch./Femm. – e ⇒ – i

    There are only two types of adjectives, and they can be recognized by the ending of the masculine singular form:

    1. Adjectives ending in o, like biondo, have 4 possible endings.
    Singolare Plurale
    Maschile il bambino biondo i bambini biondi
    Femminile la bambina bionda le bambine bionde
    1. Adjectives ending in e, like intelligente, have 2 possible endings.
    Singolare Plurale
    Maschile il ragazzo intelligente i ragazzi intelligenti
    Femminile la ragazza intelligente le ragazze intelligenti

    Esercizio 25

    Complete the following charts:

    Singolare Plurale
    Maschile lo studente pigro  
    Femminile    

    Singolare Plurale
    Maschile il professore gentile  
    Femminile    

    Singolare Plurale
    Maschile    
    Femminile la bambina allegra  

    Esercizio 26

    Study Italian descriptive adjectives on Quizlet, and complete 3 activities.

    Esercizio 27

    Find the opposites of the following adjectives.

    Esempio: Ricco povero

    Grande _____________________

    Buono ____________________

    Bello _____________________

    Stupido _____________________

    Lungo _____________________

    Alto _____________________

    Giovane _____________________

    Divertente _____________________

    Simpatico _____________________

    Pigro _____________________

    Fortunato _____________________

    Freddo _____________________

    Facile _____________________

    Economico _____________________

    Disgustoso _____________________

    Scomodo _____________________

    Esercizio 28

    Study the names of colors on Quizlet, and complete 3 activities. Don’t forget to sign in!

    Notes about colors: Colors can be used both as descriptive adjectives and nouns, e.g. la macchina rossa (adjective), il rosso (noun) è bello. Some colors, when used as adjectives, will be invariable: rosa, viola, lilla, fucsia (these are also names of flowers), blu, magenta, beige, oro, argento and bronzo.

    Esercizio 29

    Turn these sentences into their plural form.

    Esempio: Una piccola casa bianca ⇒ Due piccole case bianche.

    Una piccola automobile verde.

    _______________________________

    Una grande casa gialla.

    _______________________________

    Una ragazza intelligente e simpatica.

    _______________________________

    Uno studente bravo e studioso.

    _______________________________

    Una lezione interessante e divertente.

    _______________________________

    Una signora ricca e generosa.

    _______________________________

    Una giovane ragazza inglese.

    _______________________________

    Una studentessa simpatica ma pigra.

    _______________________________

    Una nuova Ferrari rossa.

    _______________________________

    Un libro lungo e noioso.

    _______________________________

    Ascolto: Caterina

    1. Che lavoro fa Caterina?
    2. Dove è nata?
    3. Quando si è trasferita in Michigan?
    4. Di che colore sono i suoi occhi?
    5. A Caterina piacciono i gatti?

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