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DESCRIZIONE
Warm up (1minute)
Descriptions
How do you say “hot”
and “cold”? (pp.60–1) Adjectives are words used to describe people, things,
What is the Italian for and places. In Italian you generally put the adjective
“bedroom,” “bed,” and after the thing it describes—for example, una camera
“pillow”? (pp.60–1) singola (a single room (a single room ( ), but you will sometimes see
them placed before—for example, una bella donna
( ( (a beautiful womana beautiful woman).

Words to remember (7 minutes)

Adjectives usually change depending on whether the thing
described is masculine, feminine, masculine plural, or feminine Le montagne
sono alte.
plural. In most cases, adjectives end in -o for masculine lay montanyay
singular words and -a for the feminine. Plural endings are -i for sonoh altay
masculine and -e for feminine. Some adjectives end in -e for The mountains
the masculine and the feminine, changing to -i in the plural. are high.
Others never change.
grande big, large
granday La chiesa è vecchia.
lah keeayzah eh vekkeeah
piccolo/piccola small The church is old.
peekkoloh/peekkolah
alto/alta high, tall
altoh/altah
basso/bassa short
bassoh/bassah
caldo/calda hot
kaldoh/kaldah
freddo/fredda cold
freddoh/freddah
buono/buona good
bwonoh/bwonah
cattivo/cattiva bad
katteevoh/katteevah
lento/lenta slow
lentoh/lentah
veloce fast
velochay
duro/dura hard
dooroh/doorah
morbido/morbida soft
morbeedoh/morbeedah La casa è piccola.
lah kasah ay peekkolah
bello/bella beautiful The house is small.
belloh/bellah
Il paese è molto bello.
brutto/brutta ugly eel pahesay ay moltoh belloh
broottoh/broottah The village is very beautiful.