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Adjectives

Agreement and placement

Adjectives agree in gender & number

-o / -a / -i / -e.

📊 Agreement of rosso (red)
Number Masculine Feminine
singular rosso rossa
plural rossi rosse
💬 Examples
un libro rosso
a red book
📝 Masculine -o
una casa rossa
a red house
📝 Feminine -a
Most adjectives follow the noun

Unlike English, the adjective usually comes after.

💬 Examples
una macchina veloce
a fast car
📝 Adjective after the noun
un film interessante
an interesting film
📝 -e adjectives have one singular form
Some common adjectives go before

bello, buono, grande, piccolo often precede.

💬 Examples
una bella casa
a beautiful house
📝 bello before the noun
un buon amico
a good friend
📝 buono shortens to buon before a noun