Adjectives（形容詞）

Adjectives

COMMON ITALIAN ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -O

allegro	cheerful, happy
buono	good, kind
cattivo	bad, wicked
freddo	cold
grasso	fat
leggero	light
nuovo	new
pieno	full
stretto	narrow
timido	timid, shy

ENDINGS OF -O ADJECTIVES

SINGULAR	PLURAL
il gatto nero (the black cat, masculine)	i gatti neri (the black cats, masculine)
la gatta nera (the black cat, feminine)	le gatte nere (the black cats, feminine)
il ragazzo cattivo (the bad boy)	i ragazzi cattivi (the bad boys)
la ragazza cattiva (the bad girl)	le ragazze cattive (the bad girls)

Note that when an adjective modifies two nouns of different gender, it retains its masculine ending. For example: i padri e le madre italiani (Italian fathers and mothers).

Although the majority of Italian adjectives have four forms (as in italiano, italiana, italiani, italiane) there are exceptions. Not all Italian adjectives have a singular form ending in -o. There are a number of adjectives that end in -e. The singular ending -e changes to -i in the plural, whether the noun is masculine or feminine.

ENDINGS OF -E ADJECTIVES

SINGULAR	PLURAL
il ragazzo triste (the sad boy)	i ragazzi tristi(the sad boys)
la ragazza triste (the sad girl)	le ragazze tristi (the sad girls)

ITALIAN ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -E

abile	able
difficile	difficult
felice	happy
forte	strong
grande	big, large, great
importante	important
intelligente	intelligent
interessante	interesting
triste	sad
veloce	fast, speedy

There are quite a few other exceptions for forming plural adjectives. For instance, adjectives that end in -io (with the stress falling on that i) form the plural with the ending -ii: addio/addii; leggio/leggii; zio/zii. The table below contains a chart of other irregular adjective endings you should know.

FORMING PLURAL ADJECTIVES

SINGULAR ENDING	PLURAL ENDING
-ca	-che
-cia	-ce
-cio	-ci
-co	-chi
-ga	-ghe
-gia	-ge
-gio	-gi
-glia	-glie
-glio	-gli
-go	-ghi
-scia	-sce
-scio	-sci

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