Adjective Agreement

Adjectives agree with their noun in gender and number.

• Adjectives in -o have four forms: alto, alta, alti, alte (un ragazzo alto, due ragazze alte).
• Adjectives in -e have two forms, the same for both genders: gentile, gentili (una madre gentile, dei padri gentili).
• With -co/-go, the feminine plural always keeps the hard sound: bianche, lunghe, simpatiche. The masculine plural is usually -chi/-ghi (bianchi, lunghi, stanchi), but -ci when the stress falls on the third-to-last syllable: simpatico → simpatici.
• For a mixed group of masculine and feminine nouns, use the masculine plural: Marco e Anna sono stanchi (Marco and Anna are tired).
• A few colours never change: blu, rosa, viola (gli occhi blu).