Concordanza con aggettivi (adjective agreement)

Concordanza con aggettivi (adjective agreement)

Concordanza con aggettivi (adjective agreement)

In italiano, the last letter of an adjective must agree with the noun it describes in gender (maschile/femminile) and number (singolare/plurale). The last letter of the adjective will actually change depending on what it describes.

In order to make the adjectives agree, we have to remember how to identify the gender and number of a noun.

Nomi maschili (masculine nouns)

• Nouns that end in an -o are masculine and singular

• Nouns that end in an -i are usually masculine and plural.

Nomi femminili (feminine nouns)

• Nouns that end in -a are feminine and singular

• Nouns that end in -e are usually feminine and plural

Multiple Choice

Which of the following endings are femminile?

• -a,-e

• -o.-i

Multiple Choice

Which of the following noun endings are plural?

• -o,-a

• -e,-i

Nomi che finiscono con -e (nouns that end in -e)

• Nouns that end in -e in the singular could be either maschile or femminile. It depends on the noun. Per esempio:

• Studente, professore e signore sono maschili.

• Classe e insegnante sono femminili.

• When an noun ends in -e in the singular it changes to -i in the plural.

Multiple Choice

Nouns that end in -e are:

• Always masculine

• Always feminine

• It depends on the noun

Due tipi di aggettivi (Two types of adjectives)

Now that we can identify whether a noun is maschile/femminile e singolare/plurale let's look at our types of adjectives.

There are 2 types of adjectives in Italian.

1. Adjectives that end in -o like bello, buono and alto.

2. Adjectives that end in -e like divertente, grande and intelligente.

Again, those endings will change to different letters depending on the noun being described.

Multiple Choice

How many types of adjectives are there in Italian?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Aggettivi che finiscono con -o (Adjectives that end in -o)

• Adjectives that end in -o such as buono (good) have 4 different endings depending on the gender and number of the noun they describe.

• Those four endings are -o, -a, -i and -e (buono, buona, buoni, buone)

• Those four endings (-o, -a, -i and -e) correspond to the noun gender and number endings we saw earlier.

Multiple Choice

How many endings does and adjective ending in -o have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

What are the four endings for an adjective ending in -o

• o,a,i,e

• a,e,i,u

Aggettivi che finiscono con -e (Adjectives that end in -e

• An adjective that ends in an -e in the singular like giovane (young) only has 2 endings.

• Those 2 endings are -e in the singular and -i in the plural (giovane e giovani)

• That means that when describing something with an adjective like giovane, gender doesn't matter. Per esempio: la ragazza e' giovane; il ragazzo e' giovane.

Multiple Choice

How many endings does an adjective ending in an -e in the singular (grande) have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

If an adjective ends in an -e in the singular (intelligente) what will that -e change to when describing something plural?

• -o

• -i

• -a

Ripasso (Recap)

• Adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they describe

• The two types of adjectives end in -o (alto) or -e (forte) in the singular

• Adjectives ending in -o have 4 endings: -o,-i,-a, -e

• Adjectives ending in -e have 2 endings: -e,-i