Quick Guide to Adjectives

	QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES
PURPOSE	Describe a quality of a noun or pronoun.
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	After the noun(s) or pronoun(s) they describe or modify except with buono, bello, cattivo, grande, povero, nuovo, vecchio, caro, and bravo
	QUANTITATIVE ADJECTIVES
PURPOSE	Describe the quantity of a noun or pronoun
AGREEMENT	NONE
PLACEMENT	Before the noun(s) or pronoun(s) they describe or modify
	DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
PURPOSE	Describe an object or pronoun in terms of the distance it is from the speaker
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Before the noun(s) or pronoun(s) they describe or modify
	POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
PURPOSE	Indicate possession, ownership, or relationship
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Before the noun(s) or pronoun(s) they describe or modify
	INDEFINITE ADJECTIVES
PURPOSE	Describe a noun in a non-specific sense
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Before the noun(s) or pronoun(s) they describe or modify

AGREEMENT FOR ADJECTIVES WITH 4 FORMS
	Singular	Plural
Masculine	o	i
Masculine	o	i
Feminine	a	e
Feminine	a	e

AGREEMENT FOR ADJECTIVES WITH 2 FORMS
	Singular	Plural
Masculine or Feminine	e	i

AGREEMENT FOR ADJECTIVES WITH 2 FORMS
	Singular	Plural
Masculine or Feminine	e	i

BUONO
		Singular	Plural
Masculine	Nouns starting with a consonant or vowel	Buon	Buoni
	Nouns starting with s+consonant or z	Buono	Buoni
Feminine	Nouns starting with a consonant	Buona	Buone
	Nouns starting with a vowel	Buon'	Buone

BELLO
		Singular	Plural
Masculine	Nouns starting with a consonant	Bel	Bei
	Nouns starting with a vowel	Bell'	Begli
	Nouns starting with s+consonant or z	Bello	Begli
Feminine	Nouns starting with a consonant	Bella	Belle
	Nouns starting with a vowel	Bell'	Belle

QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT
	Number	Gender	Neither
	x	x
	x
			x
and	x	x

THIS/THESE
	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Questo	Questi
Feminine	Questa	Queste
THAT/THOSE
Masculine nouns starting with a consonant	Quel	Quei
Masculine nouns starting with sp, st, gn, or z	Quello	Quegli
Masculine nouns starting with a vowel	Quell'	Quegli
Feminine nouns starting with a consonant	Quella	Quelle
Feminine nouns starting with a vowel	Quell'	Quelle

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT	colspan	colspan	colspan	colspan
	Masculine		Feminine
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
My	Il mio	I miei	La mia	Le mie
Your	Il tuo	I tuoi	La tua	Le tue
His/hers	Il suo	I suoi	La sua	Le sue
Our	Il nostro	I nostri	La nostra	Le nostre
Your (pl.)	Il vostro	I vostri	La vostra	Le vostre
Their	Il loro	I loro	La loro	Le loro

INDEFINITE ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT
Ogni	Each, every	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Qualunque	Any, any sort of, whatever	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Qualsiasi	Any, any sort of, whatever	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Qualche	Some	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Tutto + def. art.	All	Agrees in number and gender according to adjectives with four forms
Nessun	No, any + noun	Always singular; agrees in gender similarly to indefinite pronouns
Alcuni/e	Some	Always plural; agrees in number according to adjectives with two forms