ITALIAN 1Z06 Lecture 17: Adjective Agreement : Nationality
31 Mar 2016
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Although both buono and bravo mean good, use bravo to describe someone who is triste fun sad skilled or talented. Unlike in english, most adjectives in italian follow the noun: Italian adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. Adjectives whose masculine singular form ends in -o have four possible endings: -o (masc. ) and -a (fem. ) in the singular, and -i (masc. ) and -e (fem. ) in the plural. To refer to groups of mixed gender, use the masculine plural ending -i. Adjectives that end in -e in the singular change to -i in the plural. Most adjectives ending in -co, -ca, -go, -ga require an h in the plural to maintain the hard sound of the c or g. exceptions include the masculine plural adjectives simpatici and antipatici. Use di dove + essere to ask about someone"s nationality or origin. To name a city in reply, use di.
