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Capitolo II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| avere caldo | to be warm |
| avere fame | to be hungry |
| avere freddo | to be cold |
| avere fretta | to be in a hurry |
| avere paura | to be afraid |
| avere ragione | to be right |
| avere sete | to be thirsty |
| avere sonno | to be sleepy |
| avere bisogno di | to need |
| avere voglia di | to want |
| avere + ---- + anni | ----= number of years you've been alive together the words express age |
| conjugate present tense of avere! | ho hai ha abbiamo avete hanno |
| alto | tall |
| anziano | old |
| basso | short (in height) |
| bello | beautiful |
| biondo | blond |
| bruno | dark (hair) |
| brutto | ugly |
| corto | short (in length) |
| giovane | young |
| grande | big |
| grasso | fat |
| liscio | straight (hair) *masculine plural= lisci |
| lungo | long *masculine plural= lunghi |
| magro | thin |
| piccolo | small |
| riccio | curly *masculine plural= ricci |
| vecchio | old *masculine plural= vecchi |
| americano | American |
| canadese | Canadian |
| cinese | Chinese |
| francese | French |
| giapponese | Japanese |
| inglese | English |
| irlandese | Irish |
| italiano | Italian |
| messicano | Mexican |
| russo | Russian |
| spagnolo | Spanish |
| tedesco | German |
| azzurro | blue |
| bianco | white *masculine plural=bianchi |
| castano | brown (hair/eyes) |
| giallo | yellow |
| grigio | gray *plural= grigi |
| nero | black |
| rosso | red |
| verde | green |
| allegro | cheerful |
| antipatico | unfriendly |
| arrabbiato | angry |
| bravo | good |
| bugiardo | deceitful |
| cattivo | mean |
| divertente | entertaining |
| energico | energetic |
| estroverso | extroverted |
| gentile | kind |
| intelligente | intelligent |
| responsabile | responsible |
| irresponsabile | irresponsible |
| nervoso | nervous |
| noioso | boring |
| onesto | honest |
| orgoglioso | proud |
| pigro | lazy |
| sensibile | sensitive |
| simpatico | nice |
| sportivo | athletic |
| stanco | tired |
| stressato | stressed |
| tranquillo | calm |
| triste | sad |
| masculine plural ending for adjective | -i |
| feminine plural ending for adjective | -e |
| m/f ending for adjective | -i |
| adjectives ending in -ca, -ga, and -go add -- when becoming plural | --= h ex. bianca to bianche |
| Com'e? | what is he/she like? |
| Come sono? | what are they like? |
| Conjugation of essere in present tense | sono sei e siamo siete sono |
| masculine definite articles. answer with singular and plural. before noun beginning with consonant... before noun beginning with consonantal cluster... before noun beginning with a vowel... | il-i lo-gli l'-gli |
| feminine definite articles. before noun beginning with a consonant... before noun beginning with a vowel... | la-le l'-le |
| M singular: bel | plural: bei |
| M singular: bell' | plural: begli |
| M singular: bello | plural: begli |
| F singular: bella | plural: belle |
| F singular: bell' | plural: belle |
| bel is used before... | consonants |
| bell' is used before... | vowels |
| bello is used before... | consonantal clusters |
| bella is used before... | consonants |
| bell' is used before... | vowels |
| marrone | brown |
| antico | ancient |
| bravo | good |
| carino | pretty |
| caro | expensive |
| cinese | Chinese |
| disordinato | messy |
| grande | big |
| sicuro | secure |
| insicuro | insecure |
| largo | wide |
| molto | much |
| altro | another |
| nuovo | new |
| orgoglioso | proud |
| povero | poor |
| ricco | rich |