Italian Descriptive Adjectives

Descriptive adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they refer to.

Most of the masculine adjectives have the singular form that ends with -o, and the plural form that ends with -i, , the feminine ones end with -a and -e.
Adjectives that end with -e, both masculine and feminine, have the plural form that end with -i.

	Singolare	Plurale
maschile in -o	un ballerino famoso	dei ballerini famosi
femminile in -a	una ballerina famosa	delle ballerine famose
maschile in -e	un libro interessante	dei libri interessanti
femminile in -e	una signora gentile	delle signore gentili

Adjectives which end in -o	Adjectives which end in -e
Bello, a, i, e Carino, a, i, e Buono, a, i, e Bravo, a, i, e Brutto, a, i, e Simpatico, a, i, e Antipatico, a, i, he Piccolo, a, i, e Solo, a, i, e Alto, a, i, e Basso, a, i, e Povero, a, i, e Fortunato, a, i, e Duro, a, i, e Impegnato, a, i, e Imprevisto, a, i, e Ricco, a, cchi, cche Noioso, a, i, e Timido, a, i, e Stupido, a, i, e Spigliato, a, i, e	Intelligente, i Importante, i Gentile, i Gioviale, i Particolare, i Grande, i Triste, i Felice, i Appassionante, i Intrigante, i Affascinante, i Accattivante, i Disponibile, i Semplice, i Attraente, i Interessante, i Elegante, i

Some colours
Bianco, a, i, e Rosso, a, i, e Giallo, a, i, e Nero, a, i, e Azzurro, a, i, e	Verde, i Arancione, i Marrone, i

N.B. Blu and Porpora always remain unchanged.

E.g.: La cravatta blu e i calzini porpora stonano un po'.

See also:

Italian Adjectives Exercise Italian trailer: Big Miracle - Complete the dialogue with the missing adjectives.

Italian Adjectives Video Exercise Complete the song with the missing adjectives.

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