Practice different adjectives used to describe things
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| Do you know any Italian adjectives? |
| Welcome to Three Step Italian Practice by ItalianPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to describe something with adjectives. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation in the store. They are discussing computers. |
| Scusi, quale computer mi consiglia? |
| "Excuse me, which computer do you recommend?" |
| Beh, questo computer è molto veloce. |
| "Well, this computer is very fast." |
| questo computer è molto veloce |
| veloce |
| In this sentence, veloce is the adjective, and it means "fast." Let's practice with more adjectives in this lesson. |
| Italian adjectives fall into two main groups. |
| The first group includes those that end in -o. |
| Take moderno, for example—it means "modern" and is used with masculine singular nouns. |
| When used with feminine singular nouns, it changes to moderna. |
| The second group consists of adjectives ending in -e, such as grande, meaning "big." |
| An important detail to note is that in the singular form, grande remains the same regardless of the noun's gender. |
| The gender of the noun also affects demonstrative adjectives as seen in these patterns: |
| Questo/Quest'/Quel/Quell' + masculine noun + è + masculine adjective. |
| "This/That + masculine noun + is + masculine adjective." |
| Questa/Quest'/Quella/Quell' + feminine noun + è + feminine adjective. |
| "This/That + feminine noun + is + feminine adjective." |
| Let's practice this grammar point more in this lesson. |
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