One of the eight parts of speech, adjectives are a type of modifier; that is, they modify or describe nouns in a certain way, letting you know the size, shape, weight, color, nationality, or any of a myriad other possible qualities of nouns. A1 - Beginning Italian • agreement
The Italian definite article (il, lo, la, i, gli, le) indicates either a particular noun or, contrarily, the general sense of a noun. A1 - Beginning Italian • agreement • gender • plurals
Demonstrative adjectives (this, that) are used to indicate a specific noun or nouns. In Italian, they must agree with the noun(s) in number and sometimes gender: questo, quella, quei …. A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian • agreement • demonstratives
The aptly named indefinite article (un, uno, una, dei, degli, delle) indicates an unspecific or unidentified noun. A1 - Beginning Italian • agreement • gender • indefinition • plurals
A1 - Beginning Italian • agreement • travel Italian
One of the eight parts of speech, a noun is commonly defined as "a person, place, or thing." If that seems vague, that’s because it is. A1 - Beginning Italian • agreement • gender
The partitive article (del, dello, della, dei, degli, delle) refers to an unspecified quantity of food, liquid, or some other uncountable noun. English has no equivalent article – the partitive is usually translated by the adjectives “some” or “any,” or may be left out entirely. A1 - Beginning Italian • agreement • gender • plurals
Italian possessive adjectives are used in front of nouns to indicate to whom or to what those nouns belong. They are considerably more complicated than English possessive adjectives because Italian has many different forms depending on the gender and number of the possessed noun. A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian • agreement • possession
Italian possessive pronouns (il mio, la tua, i suoi …) are used in place of nouns to indicate to whom or to what those nouns belong. A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian • agreement • possession
Reflexive pronouns reiterate the subject, which may seem redundant, but in fact serves an important purpose: it indicates that the subject of the verb is performing that action on itself. 