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The Italian adjective bello means beautiful.
Whenever bello is not directly before the noun, it
behaves like any other adjective, with regular
masculine, feminine, singular and plural forms:
Singluar:
Il lago bello.
La fontana bella.
masculine singular
feminine singular
Plural:
Gli alberi sono belli.
Le fontane sono belle.
masculine plural
feminine plural
Bello, bella,
belli, belle...
Those are
just regular
endings.
Yeah, so its
regular. So whats
the big deal?
When the
adjective bello
occurs directly
before the noun
it modifies, it has
irregular forms.
What do
you mean,
irregular?
Masculine
bel
bello
bell
Feminine
bella
bell
1. a beautiful lake
bel
un ________
lago
2. a beautiful city
bella
una _________
citt
3. a beautiful clock
un ________
orologio
bell
4. a beautiful stadium
bello stadio
un ________
5. a beautiful house
bella
una ________
casa
6. a beautiful book
bel
un ________
libro
7. a beautiful bookbag
bello
un _________
zaino
8. a beautiful classroom
bell
una _________
aula
So that was
the singular.
But I guess
there are
plural forms
too.
Why, yes.
There are.
So
Are you
going to tell
me what
they are,
or not?
Well, since
you asked...
Masculine
bei
begli
Feminine
belle
1. beautiful lakes
bei
________
laghi
2. beautiful cities
belle
_________
citt
3. beautiful clocks
begli
________
orologi
4. beautiful stadiums
begli
________
stadi
5. beautiful houses
________
case
belle
6. beautiful books
bei
________
libri
7. beautiful bookbags
begli
_________
zaini
8. beautiful classrooms
_________
aule
belle
But thats so
many irregular
forms! How will
I remember
them all?
Mumble.
So, it
depends?
Yes, it depends
on placement.
Regular or irregular?
Il bel bambino
but
Il bambino bello.
I bei laghi
but
I laghi sono belli.
Io compro una
bella
macchina.
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
Frequentiamo una
bell
universit.
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
L universit molto
bella
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
Il bambino ha
begli
occhi blu.
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
LItalia un
bel
paese.
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
Il paese
bello
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
Abbiamo molti
bei
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
I fiori sono
belli
Irregular:
Regular:
bello
bella
belli
belle
bel
bello
bell
bella
bei
begli
belle
This is TORTA.
Give me
something more
difficult.
Leggete:
Abitiamo in una citt. Al centro della citt,
c una piazza. Nella piazza, ci sono due
fontane. Nella piazza, c anche un
bello
Masculine Plural:
belli
Feminine Singular:
bella
Feminine Plural:
belle
bel
bello
bell
Feminine Singular
before most feminine nouns
before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel
bella
bell
Masculine Plural
before most masculine nouns
before masculine nouns beginning with z, s+consonant,
or a vowel
bei
Feminine Plural
before all feminine nouns
belle
begli
Pick me!
Pick me!
When bello
is directly
before the
noun.