How to use adjectives in Italian

How to use adjectives in Italian

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Italian? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Italian lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Italian adjectives.

Italian adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Unlike English, adjectives in Italian are placed after the noun. Adjectives in Italian agree with the noun they describe. This means that adjectives that describe a feminine noun have a special form.

Examples

la ragazza forte
the strong girl
la ragazza magra
the skinny girl
la ragazza debole
the weak girl
la ragazza alta
the tall girl
la ragazza giovane
the young girl
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Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Italian adjectives grande, piccolo and vecchio (big, small, old). Using the nouns libro, sedia and porta (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Italian adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives grande, piccolo and vecchio with the nouns libro, sedia and porta you can move on to Step 8 (Italian Verbs).

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