IT101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Fresca
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It101 lecture 18 ottimista pacifista belga entusiasta idiota optimistic pacifist belgian enthusiastic idiotic. These adjectives have three forms: -a for the masculine and feminine singular (ottimista), -i for the masculine plural (ottimisti) and -e for the feminine plural (ottimiste). * for an explanation of the -h- in belghe, see paragraph 6 below. 6 care is needed in spelling the plural of adjectives ending in -co and -go. There is no fixed rule for the masculine forms, which may keep the hard sound of c and g and add h (-chi, -ghi), or change the sound of c and g in the plural (-ci, -gi). The feminine plural forms always add h (-che, -ghe) in order to keep the hard sound of c and g. if in doubt, check in a dictionary; the best way to remember these sorts of plural is through practice: Masculine singular greco pratico pubblico ricco fresco largo. Masculine plural greci pratici pubblici ricchi freschi larghi.
