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Hi, everyone! I'm Felice Angelini.
Ciao a tutti, sono Felice Angelini.
Welcome to another Italian Whiteboard Lesson!
In this lesson, we'll learn the top adjectives for describing people.
Okay, let's look at the vocabulary. First, we have...
alto, it means "tall"
alto
[SLOW] alto
alto
alta
[SLOW] alta
alta
And the opposite...
basso, means "short"
basso
[SLOW] basso
basso
bassa
[SLOW] bassa
bassa
Next.
magro, means "slim"
magro
[SLOW] magro
magro
magra
[SLOW] magra
magra
And the opposite...
grasso means "fat"
grasso
[SLOW] grasso
grasso
grassa
[SLOW] grassa
grassa
Next.
bello means "handsome" or "beautiful"
bello
[SLOW] bello
bello
bella
[SLOW] bella
bella
Next.
carino means "cute"
carino
[SLOW] carino
carino
carina
[SLOW] carina
carina
And the opposite... bello, carino...
brutto means "ugly"
brutto
[SLOW] brutto
brutto
brutta
[SLOW] brutta
brutta
Next.
giovane means "young"
giovane
[SLOW] giovane
giovane
And the opposite, last...
vechio
[SLOW] vechio
vechio
vechia
[SLOW] vechia
vechia
That's all!
Let's look at the dialogue. See if you recognize any of the adjectives I just introduced.
A: Quello è mio fratello! "That's my brother!"
B: È alto! "He's tall!"
Well, imagine now you're at school with your Italian teacher, me, and chatting about your family, drinking a cafe. And you told me about your father, with one example, this one:
È magro.
"He's slim."
Then your brother, one more example.
È giovane.
"He is young."
Last, your sister.
È giovane.
"She is young."
Did you notice? We always use the same pattern...
È [ADJECTIVE].
"He's tall!" - È alto!
"He's slim." - È magro.
"He is young." or "She is young." - È giovane.
Remember that in Italian, the adjective is usually placed after the noun it refers to.
For example, "the tall boy" is il ragazzo alto.

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