Professor Dave again, let’s learn some more about adjectives.
As we just learned, adjectives almost always go after the nouns they are describing.
But there are exceptions to this, and certain adjectives will always precede their nouns.
These come in seven categories.
First, the demonstrative adjectives, or dimostrativi.
This includes questo and quello.
Just like the other adjectives, they will be modified to agree with number, but they
always go before the noun, just like they would in English.
The next category is the possessives, or possessivi.
This includes mio, or mine.
Tuo, or yours.
Suo, which means his or hers.
Nostro, or ours.
Vostro, the plural form of yours.
And loro, or theirs.
Again, this matches English, as you wouldn’t say ice cream my, you would say my ice cream.
Next there are the ordinal adjectives, or aggettivi ordinali.
Primo, secondo, terzo, quarto, and so forth.
Next is the interrogatives, or interrogativi.
Next we have quantitative adjectives, or quantitativi.
This includes words like molto, poco, and troppo.
Next comes the indefinites, or indefiniti.
These are words like qualche, ogni, qualsiasi, qualunque, certo, and altro.
And lastly, there is the adjective stesso, which means the same.
So now we know a bunch of different adjectives, most of which are regular, and go after the noun.
But we also just went over a comprehensive list of the specific types of adjectives that
always go before the noun, so be sure to keep this in mind as we move forward.
Now on to more grammar, but first, let’s check comprehension.