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Learning the Italian Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Italian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
While in English an adjective doesn’t change when the noun changes, in Italian an adjective should agree in gender and number with the noun. For example:
a) Masculine to feminine example:
Questo è mio figlio piccolo (this is my little son) becomes: Questa è mia figlia piccola (this is my little daughter)
As you can see from the example above, the adjective comes after the noun and also takes the feminine form.
b) Singular to plural example:
Questo è il mio gatto bianco (this is my white cat) becomes: questi sono i miei gatti bianchi (these are my white cats).
As you can see from the example above, the adjective comes after the noun and also takes the plural form.
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Italian Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | aggettivi |
| a green tree | un albero verde |
| a tall building | un edificio alto |
| a very old man | un uomo molto vecchio |
| the old red house | la vecchia casa rossa |
| a very nice friend | un amico molto caro |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Italian.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Italian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Italian vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Italian Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | colori |
| black | nero |
| blue | blu |
| brown | marrone |
| gray | grigio |
| green | verde |
| orange | arancione |
| purple | viola |
| red | rosso |
| white | bianco |
| yellow | giallo |
| sizes | dimensioni (or) misure |
| big | grande |
| deep | profondo |
| long | lungo |
| narrow | stretto |
| short | breve (or)corto (or)basso |
| small | piccolo |
| tall | alto |
| thick | spesso |
| thin | sottile |
| wide | ampio |
| shapes | forme |
| circular | circolare |
| straight | dritto |
| square | quadrato |
| triangular | triangolare |
| tastes | i gusti |
| bitter | amaro |
| fresh | fresco |
| salty | salato |
| sour | acido |
| spicy | piccante |
| sweet | dolce |
| qualities | qualità |
| bad | cattivo |
| clean | pulito |
| dark | buio |
| difficult | difficile |
| dirty | sporco |
| dry | secco |
| easy | facile |
| empty | vuoto |
| expensive | costoso |
| fast | veloce |
| foreign | straniero |
| full | pieno |
| good | buono |
| hard | duro (or)difficile (difficult) |
| heavy | pesante |
| inexpensive | economico |
| light | luce |
| local | locale |
| new | nuovo |
| noisy | rumoroso |
| old | vecchio |
| powerful | potente |
| quiet | tranquillo |
| correct | corretto |
| slow | lento |
| soft | morbido |
| very | molto |
| weak | debole |
| wet | bagnato |
| wrong | sbagliato |
| young | giovane / giovani |
| quantities | quantità |
| few | pochi |
| little | poco |
| many | molti |
| much | molto |
| part | parte |
| some | alcuni |
| a few | qualche |
| whole | tutto (or)completo, totale |
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