{"id":1083,"date":"2020-04-11T20:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/italiamo\/?page_id=1083"},"modified":"2020-05-14T14:52:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T14:52:27","slug":"comprehensive-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/italiamo\/comprehensive-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Comprehensive Guide to Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote style=\"border: 2px solid #ededed;padding: 2px;background-color: #ededed\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 15px\"><strong>LESSON PLAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px solid;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #ededed;margin-left: 15px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Adjective Definition\">Definition<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Adjective Categorization\">Categorization<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Adjective Placement\">Placement<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Adjective Agreement\">Agreement<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Qualitative Adjectives\">Qualitative<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Quantitative Adjectives\">Quantitative<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Possessive Adjectives\">Possessive<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Demonstrative Adjectives\">Demonstrative<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Indefinite Adjectives\">Indefinite<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Continuing Adjectives\">Continuing Education<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border: 2px solid #FF8080;padding: 2px;background-color: #ff8080\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 15px\"><strong>DEFINITION<a name=\"Adjective Definition\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px solid;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #ff8080;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>An adjective is a word that&nbsp;describes, identifies, or further defines a noun or pronoun.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border: 2px solid #ff884d;padding: 2px;background-color: #ff884d\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 15px\"><strong>CATEGORIZATION<a name=\"Adjective Categorization\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px solid;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #ff884d;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>Adjectives can be categorized according to what question they answer:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #ff884d\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"background-color: #ffbb99\" span=\"1\"><\/colgroup>\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"background-color: #ffeee6\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\"><strong>WHAT KIND?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\"><strong>Qualitative adjectives<\/strong> describe a quality of a noun or pronoun and answer the question <em>what kind?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>HOW MUCH?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Quantitative adjectives<\/strong> describe a quantity of a noun or pronoun and answer the question <em>how many?<\/em> or <em>how much?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\"><b>WHOSE?<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\"><strong>Possessive adjectives<\/strong> indicate ownership or relation between two nouns or pronouns and answer the question&nbsp;<em>whose?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\"><strong>WHICH ONE(S)?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\"><strong>Demonstrative adjectives&nbsp;<\/strong>describe an object or pronoun in terms of distance from the speaker and answers the question <em>which one(s)?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\"><strong>Indefinite adjectives&nbsp;<\/strong>describe a noun or pronoun in a non-specific sense and may answer the question&nbsp;<em>which one(s)?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<br \/>\n<strong>EXAMPLES<\/strong>::<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Io ho comprato uno zaino <strong>blu<\/strong>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>I bought a blue backpack.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Answers: What kind?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Io ho comprato <strong>due<\/strong>&nbsp;zaini.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>I bought two backpacks.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Answers: How many?<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Io ho comprato il&nbsp;<strong>mio&nbsp;<\/strong>zaino ieri.&nbsp;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>I bought my backpack yesterday.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Answers: Whose?<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Io ho comprato&nbsp;<strong>questo&nbsp;<\/strong>zaino ieri.<br \/>\n<em>I bought this backpack yesterday.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Answers: Which one?<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Io ho comprato&nbsp;<strong>qualunque&nbsp;<\/strong>zaino che era meno costoso.<span style=\"font-style: normal\"><br \/>\nI bought whatever backpack was cheapest.<br \/>\n<strong>Answers: Which one?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border: 2px solid #FFFF00;padding: 2px;background-color: #ffff00\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 15px\"><strong>PLACEMENT<a name=\"Adjective Placement\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px solid;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #ffff00;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>Adjectives usually come directly before or directly after the noun or pronoun it describes, but the placement largely depends on the function of the adjective.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<br \/>\n<strong>TABLE<\/strong>::<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #ffff00\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"background-color: #ffffcc\" span=\"1\"><\/colgroup>\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"background-color: #ffffe6\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\"><strong>BEFORE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\">Quantitative, possessive,&nbsp; demonstrative, and indefinite adjectives&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>AFTER<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Qualitative adjectives&nbsp;<a id=\"tippy_tip0_8907_anchor\"><\/a> <div class=\"tippy\" data-title=\"<em>HINT<\/em>\" data-anchor=\"#tippy_tip0_8907_anchor\" > Some qualitative adjectives come before the nouns or pronouns they describe. This includes:\n<ul>\n<li>Buono (good)<\/li>\n<li>Cattivo (bad)<\/li>\n<li>Grande (big)<\/li>\n<li>Povero (poor)<\/li>\n<li>Bello (beautiful)<\/li>\n<li>Nuovo (new)<\/li>\n<li>Vecchio (old)<\/li>\n<li>Caro (dear)<\/li>\n<li>Bravo (good)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<br \/>\n<strong>EXAMPLES<\/strong>::<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Io ho comprato <strong>due<\/strong>&nbsp;zaini.<br \/>\n<em>I bought two backpacks.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Placement: Before<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Io ho comprato uno zaino <strong>blu<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>I bought a blue backpack.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Placement: After<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border: 2px solid #99ffcc;padding: 2px;background-color: #99ffcc\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 15px\"><strong>AGREEMENT<a name=\"Adjective Agreement\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px dashed;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #99ffcc;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>Adjective agreement varies both between and within adjective categories.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px dashed;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #99ffcc;margin-left: 15px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>QUALITATIVE&nbsp;<a name=\"Qualitative Adjectives\"><\/a><\/strong>adjectives can be broken into three major categories based on agreement pattern. Some agree in number and gender,&nbsp; some agree in number but not gender, and some do not agree in either.&nbsp;<a id=\"tippy_tip1_163_anchor\"><\/a> <div class=\"tippy\" data-0=\"\" data-anchor=\"#tippy_tip1_163_anchor\" > Bello (beautiful) and buono (nice) are two very common adjectives and yet they have irregular patterns of agreement and come before the noun or pronoun they describe. <strong>Bello<\/strong> varies similarly to definite articles, whereas <strong>buono<\/strong> varies similarly to indefinite articles.&nbsp;\n<table style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #99ffcc\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"background-color: #ccffe6\" span=\"1\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"background-color: #e6fff2\" span=\"4\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 30%;background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\" colspan=\"4\">BELLO<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: right\" colspan=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Singular<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Plural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Masculine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with a consonant<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Bell<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Bei<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with a vowel<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Bell&#8217;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Begli<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with sp, st, or z<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Bello<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Begli<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Feminine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with a consonant<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Bella<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Belle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\">Nouns starting with a vowel<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Bell&#8217;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Belle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\" colspan=\"4\"><strong>BUONO<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: right\" colspan=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Singular<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Plural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: center\">Masculine<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with a consonant or vowel<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buon<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buoni<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with sp, st, or z<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buono<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buoni<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: center\">Feminine<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with a consonant&nbsp;<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buona<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;background-color: #ffffff\"><em>Nouns starting with a vowel<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buon&#8217;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Buone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE::<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #99ffcc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 30%;background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Agreement in&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>number and gender<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #ccffe6\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\" colspan=\"1\"><em>Singular<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\" colspan=\"1\"><em>Plural<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #ccffe6\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Masculine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>-o<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>-i<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #ccffe6\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Feminine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>-a<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>-e<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Agreement in&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>number but not gender<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #ccffe6\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\" colspan=\"1\"><em>Singular<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\" colspan=\"1\"><em>Plural<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #ccffe6\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><em>Masculine\/Feminine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>-e<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>-i<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Agreement in neither&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>number nor gender<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #ccffe6\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\" colspan=\"1\"><em>Singular<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\" colspan=\"1\"><em>Plural<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><em>Masculine\/Feminine<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>*Variable*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>*Variable*<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAMPLES::<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Lui&nbsp;\u00e8 un ragazzo <strong>alto<\/strong>, ma lei&nbsp;\u00e8 una ragazza <strong>bassa<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>He is a tall boy but she is a short girl.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Agreement:&nbsp; Number and gender<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Lui&nbsp;\u00e8 un ragazzo <strong>intelligente<\/strong>, ma anche lei&nbsp;\u00e8 una ragazza <strong>intelligente<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>He is a smart boy but she is also a smart girl.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Agreement: Only number<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Lui ha una penna <strong>blu<\/strong> ma lei ha molte penne <strong>blu<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>He has a blue pen but she has many blue pens.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Agreement: Neither<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px dashed;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #99ffcc;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>QUANTITATIVE&nbsp;<a name=\"Quantitative Adjectives\"><\/a><\/strong>adjectives that specify exact amounts (seven, dozen, thousands) usually do not agree in number or gender, whereas those that refer to abstract amounts (many, a lot, few) usually agree in both number and gender.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAMPLES::<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ci incontriamo con&nbsp;<strong>molti<\/strong>&nbsp;amici al ristorante.<br \/>\n<em>We meet with many friends at the restaurant.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Agreement:&nbsp; Number and gender<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Lui ha comprato <strong>due<\/strong>&nbsp;zaini.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>He bought two backpacks.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Agreement: Neither<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px dashed;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #99ffcc;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>POSSESSIVE <\/strong>adjectives<a name=\"Possessive Adjectives\"><\/a>&nbsp;usually&nbsp;agree in number and gender, and well as with the person of the possessor (except for <em>loro<\/em>, which is invariable in number and gender). Possessive adjectives are almost always accompanied by a definite article except when describing a singular family member.<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE::<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #99ffcc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #99ffcc\" colspan=\"2\">Masculine<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;background-color: #99ffcc\" colspan=\"2\">Feminine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6;text-align: center\"><em>Singular<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6;text-align: center\"><em>Plural<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6;text-align: center\"><em>Singular<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6;text-align: center\"><em>Plural<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6\">My<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Mio<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Miei<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Mia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Mie<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6\">Your<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Tuo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Tuoi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Tua<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Tue<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6\">His\/Her<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Suo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Suoi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Sua<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Sue<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6\">Our<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Nostro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Nostri<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Nostra<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Nostre<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6\">Your<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Vostro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Vostri<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Vostra<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Vostre<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ccffe6\">Their<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Loro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Loro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Loro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Loro<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAMPLES::<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><strong>Mia<\/strong> sorella ha dieci anni.<br \/>\n<em>My sister is ten years old.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Agreement:&nbsp; Number and gender<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Mi piace la <strong>loro<\/strong> casa.<br \/>\n<em>I like their house.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Agreement:&nbsp; Neither<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px dashed;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #99ffcc;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>DEMONSTRATIVE&nbsp;<a name=\"Demonstrative Adjectives\"><\/a><\/strong>adjectives can be broken into two major categories based on agreement pattern. <strong>Questo (this\/these)<\/strong> agrees in both number and gender, whereas <strong>quello (that\/those)<\/strong> agrees similarly to definite articles in number and gender.<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE::<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #99ffcc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\" colspan=\"3\"><strong>QUESTO<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: right;background-color: #99ffcc\" colspan=\"1\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Singular<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Plural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: center;background-color: #99ffcc\"><b>Masculine<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Questo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Questi<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: center;background-color: #99ffcc\"><b>Feminine<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Questa<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Queste<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #99ffcc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 30%;background-color: #99ffcc;text-align: center\" colspan=\"4\">QUELLO<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: right;background-color: #99ffcc\" colspan=\"1\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;text-align: right;background-color: #ccffe6\" colspan=\"1\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Singular<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Plural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #99ffcc\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Masculine<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><em>Nouns starting with a consonant<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quell<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quei<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #99ffcc\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><em>Nouns starting with a vowel<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quell&#8217;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quegli<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #99ffcc\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><em>Nouns starting with sp, st, or z<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quello<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quegli<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #99ffcc\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Feminine<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><em>Nouns starting with a consonant<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quella<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quelle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;background-color: #99ffcc\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">Nouns starting with a vowel<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quell&#8217;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.5%;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>Quelle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAMPLES::<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><strong>Questa<\/strong>&nbsp;ragazza \u00e8 mia sorella.<br \/>\n<em>This girl is my little sister.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><strong>Quegli<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;zaini sono nuovi.<br \/>\n<em>Those backpacks are new.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Voglio comprare <strong>queste<\/strong> scarpe.<br \/>\n<em>I want to buy these shoes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px dashed;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #99ffcc;margin-left: 15px\"><p><strong>INDEFINITE<a name=\"Indefinite Adjectives\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>adjectives have pretty sporadic patterns of agreement. Some agree in number and gender and don&#8217;t agree at all.&nbsp; Others are always single or always plural and may or may not change to agree.<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE::<\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-62\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-62\" style=\"border: 5px solid;border-color: #99ffcc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #99ffcc\" colspan=\"3\"><strong>Agreement in number and gender<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><strong>Tutto + def. art.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\" style=\"background-color: #e6fff2\">&nbsp;<em>All<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">Agrees in number and gender according to adjectives with four forms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><strong>Nessun<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\" style=\"background-color: #e6fff2\">&nbsp;<em>No, any + noun<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">&nbsp;Agrees in number and gender similarly to indefinite pronouns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #99ffcc\" colspan=\"3\"><strong>Agreement in only gender<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><strong>Alcuni\/e<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\" style=\"background-color: #e6fff2\">&nbsp;<em>S<\/em><em>ome<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">Always plural; Agrees in number according to adjectives with two forms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #99ffcc\" colspan=\"3\"><strong>Agreement in number and gender<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><strong>Qualche<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\" style=\"background-color: #e6fff2\"><em>Some<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">Always single; does not change to agree in gender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\">&nbsp;<strong>Ogni<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\" style=\"background-color: #e6fff2\">&nbsp;<em>Each, every<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">&nbsp;<em>Always single; does not change to agree in gender<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;background-color: #ccffe6\"><strong>Qualunque<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\" style=\"background-color: #e6fff2\">&nbsp;<em>Any, any sort of, whatever<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">&nbsp;Always single; does not change to agree in gender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]<\/p>\n<p>[jaccordion size=\u201dxsmall\u201d theme=\u201dsmoothness\u201d active=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAMPLES::<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><strong>Qualunque<\/strong>&nbsp;persona pu\u00f2 imparare a nuotare.<br \/>\n<em>Any person can learn to swim.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Ho comprato&nbsp;<strong>alcune<\/strong>&nbsp;fragole.<br \/>\n<em>I bought some strawberries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Corro <strong>ogni<\/strong> giorno.<br \/>\n<em>I run every day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/jaccordion]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border: 2px solid #99ccff;padding: 2px;background-color: #99ccff\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 15px\"><strong>CONTINUING EDUCATION<a name=\"Continuing Adjectives\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 5px solid;border-bottom: 5px dashed;padding-left: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px;border-color: #99ccff;margin-left: 15px\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LESSON PLAN Definition Categorization Placement Agreement Qualitative Quantitative Possessive Demonstrative Indefinite Continuing Education DEFINITION An adjective is a word that&nbsp;describes, identifies, or further defines a noun or pronoun. CATEGORIZATION Adjectives can be categorized according to what question they answer:&nbsp; WHAT KIND? 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