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Italian and English differ in their usage of adjectives. Italian descriptive adjectives are usually placed after the noun they modify, and with which they agree in gender and number.
    COMMON ITALIAN ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -O
    allegro
     cheerful, happy
    buono
     good, kind
    cattivo
     bad, wicked
    freddo
     cold
    grasso
     fat
    leggero
     light
    nuovo
     new
    pieno
     full
    stretto
     narrow
    timido
     timid, shy
    Adjectives ending in -o have four forms: masculine singular, masculine plural, feminine singular, and feminine plural. Observe how the adjectives nero and cattivo change to agree with nouns they modify.
    ENDINGS OF -O ADJECTIVES
    SINGULAR
     PLURAL
    il gatto nero (the black cat, masculine)
     i gatti neri (the black cats, masculine)
    la gatta nera (the black cat, feminine)
     le gatte nere (the black cats, feminine)
    il ragazzo cattivo (the bad boy)
     i ragazzi cattivi (the bad boys)
    la ragazza cattiva (the bad girl)
     le ragazze cattive (the bad girls)
    Note that when an adjective modifies two nouns of different gender, it retains its masculine ending. For example: i padri e le madre italiani (Italian fathers and mothers).
    Although the majority of Italian adjectives have four forms (as in italiano, italiana, italiani, italiane) there are exceptions. Not all Italian adjectives have a singular form ending in -o. There are a number of adjectives that end in -e. The singular ending -e changes to -i in the plural, whether the noun is masculine or feminine.
    ENDINGS OF -E ADJECTIVES
    SINGULAR
     PLURAL
    il ragazzo triste (the sad boy)
     i ragazzi tristi(the sad boys)
    la ragazza triste (the sad girl)
     le ragazze tristi (the sad girls)
    ITALIAN ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -E
    abile
     able
    difficile
     difficult
    felice
     happy
    forte
     strong
    grande
     big, large, great
    importante
     important
    intelligente
     intelligent
    interessante
     interesting
    triste
     sad
    veloce
     fast, speedy
    There are quite a few other exceptions for forming plural adjectives. For instance, adjectives that end in -io (with the stress falling on that i) form the plural with the ending -ii: addio/addii; leggio/leggii; zio/zii. The table below contains a chart of other irregular adjective endings you should know.
    FORMING PLURAL ADJECTIVES
    SINGULAR ENDING
     PLURAL ENDING
    -ca
     -che
    -cia
     -ce
    -cio
     -ci
    -co
     -chi
    -ga
     -ghe
    -gia
     -ge
    -gio
     -gi
    -glia
     -glie
    -glio
     -gli
    -go
     -ghi
    -scia
     -sce
    -scio
     -sci