Italian Continuers · Week 1A · Lesson 3

Che tipo di persona sei?

We are learning personality adjectives and how they agree with the person.

Words

sincero · sincera

generoso · generosa

disordinato · disordinata

simpatico · simpatica

socievole

gentile

pigro · pigra

testardo · testarda

allegro · allegra

affidabile

Play, students echo twice. Press E to show the English.

Sono troppo sincera.

Students say it before you press E.

I miei amici sono simpatici.

Students say it before you press E.

Le mie sorelle sono gentili.

Students say it before you press E.

Adjectives in -o have four forms: -o, -a, -i, -e. Adjectives in -e have two: -e, -i.

Words in -co usually become -ci in the masculine plural and -che in the feminine plural: simpatici, simpatiche.

masculine	simpatico · simpatici	gentile · gentili
feminine	simpatica · simpatiche	gentile · gentili

I miei amici sono simpatici. · My friends are friendly.

Le mie zie sono simpatiche. · My aunts are friendly.

Agreement table: -o / -a / -i / -e; adjectives in -e only change to -i.

Watch simpatico → simpatici, simpatiche.

Students describe the person next to them in two adjectives.