NOTES
(by DuoItalian)

Most adjectives are used with the Italian verb essere, as shown below (along with some BONUS adjectives not covered in Duolingo):

  • sono arrabbiato (I’m angry)
  • sono arrogante (I’m arrogant)
  • sono coraggioso (I’m brave)
  • sono pigro (I’m lazy)
  • sono studioso (I’m studious)
  • sono timido (I’m shy)

TIPS: The Italian noun vicino (neighbor) was introduced earlier in the People lesson. Here we encounter an adjective of the same name, meaning “to be near or close”.

Be aware that legale (legal) is a second class adjective. This means that it takes -e in both masculine and feminine singular forms, and -i in both plural forms.

VOCABULARY
(from Duolingo)
positivapositive
negativanegative
culturalecultural
storicohistorical
anticoantique
tradizionaletraditional
familiarefamiliar
globaleglobal
statalestate
regionaliregional
localelocal
provincialeprovincial
pubblicapublic
divertentefunny
velocefast
indipendenteindependent
frescofresh
attentoattentive, alert
puropure
migliorebest
industrialeindustrial
commercialecommercial
professionaleprofessional
avanzatoadvanced
efficaceeffective
responsabileresponsible
legalelegal
originaleoriginal
recenterecent
seguentefollowing
finalefinal
definitivadefinitive
numerosanumerous
dolcesweet
cattivobad
poveropoor
graveserious
generalegeneral
necessarionecessary
naturalenatural
personalepersonal
particolareparticular
vicinonear
scorsolast
superioresuperior
similesimilar
fondamentalefundamental
semplicesimple
fisicophysical
profondoprofound
futurofuture
differentedifferent
leggerolight (weight)
arrabbiatoangry
arrogantearrogant
coraggiosobrave
pigrolazy
studiosostudious
timidoshy

 

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