The Adjective Bello

The Adjective Bello : 

The Adjective Bello Regular and Irregular Forms

Regular Forms : 

Regular Forms Singluar: Il lago è bello. La fontana è bella. Plural: Gli alberi sono belli. Le fontane sono belle. masculine singular feminine singular masculine plural feminine plural 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:

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Yeah, so it’s regular. So what’s the big deal? Bello, bella, belli, belle... Those are just regular endings.

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It’s regular sometimes. And sometimes it’s irregular. When the adjective bello occurs directly before the noun it modifies, it has irregular forms.

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What do you mean, irregular? When bello is not directly before the noun, it’s regular: Gli alberi sono belli. But… When bello occurs directly before the noun it modifies, it has the irregular form: I begli alberi.

The irregular forms of bello, singular : 

The irregular forms of bello, singular Masculine bel before most masculine nouns bello before masculine nouns beginning with z or s+consonant bell’ before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel Feminine bella before most feminine nouns bell’ before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel

Pratica le forme irregolare: : 

Pratica le forme irregolare: 1. a beautiful lake un ________ lago 2. a beautiful city una _________ città 3. a beautiful clock un ________ orologio 4. a beautiful stadium un ________ stadio 5. a beautiful house una ________ casa 6. a beautiful book un ________ libro 7. a beautiful bookbag un _________ zaino 8. a beautiful classroom una _________ aula bel bella bell’ bello bella bel bello bell’ In the examples below, the word bello is directly before the noun and so it has irregular forms:

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So that was the singular. But I guess there are plural forms too. Why, yes. There are.

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So… Are you going to tell me what they are, or not? Well, since you asked...

The irregular forms of bello, plural : 

The irregular forms of bello, plural Masculine bei before most masculine plural nouns begli before masculine plural nouns beginning with a z, an s+consonant or a vowel Feminine belle before all feminine plural nouns, regardless of the first letter

Pratica le forme irregolare: : 

Pratica le forme irregolare: 1. beautiful lakes ________ laghi 2. beautiful cities _________ città 3. beautiful clocks ________ orologi 4. beautiful stadiums ________ stadi 5. beautiful houses ________ case 6. beautiful books ________ libri 7. beautiful bookbags _________ zaini 8. beautiful classrooms _________ aule bei belle begli begli belle bei begli belle In the examples below, the word bello is directly before the noun and so it has irregular forms:

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But that’s so many irregular forms! How will I remember them all? Irregular forms usually just have to be memorized. But this is like something you’ve seen before. The irregular forms of “bello” are similar to the forms of the definite article “the.” Remember those? Masculine singular: il, lo, l’ Masculine plural: i, gli Feminine singular: la, l’ Feminine plural: le

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Mumble. You remember them, don’t you?

Anyway, bello is not always irregular… : 

Anyway, bello is not always irregular… The adjective bello is sometimes regular and sometimes irregular, depending on its placement! When it is not directly before a noun, it is regular and has the regular forms bello, bella, belli and belle. When it is directly before a noun, it is irregular and has the forms bel, bello, bella, bell’, bei, begli and belle.

Yes, it depends on placement. : 

Yes, it depends on placement. Regular or irregular? Il bel bambino but… Il bambino è bello. I bei laghi but… I laghi sono belli. So, it depends?

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle Io compro una macchina. bella

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle Frequentiamo una università. bell’

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle L’ università è molto . bella

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle Il bambino ha occhi blu. begli

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle L’Italia è un paese. bel

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle Il paese è . bello

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle Abbiamo molti fiori nel giardino. bei

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Irregular: bel bello bell’ bella bei begli belle Regular: bello bella belli belle I fiori sono . belli

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This is TORTA. Give me something more difficult.

Leggete: : 

Leggete: Abitiamo in una città. Al centro della città, c’è una piazza. Nella piazza, ci sono due fontane. Nella piazza, c’è anche un palazzo, e davanti al palazzo c’è un orologio grande. Ci sono due alberi e molti fiori nella piazza. Non lontano dalla piazza c’è uno stadio.

Modify using bello: : 

Modify using bello: Abitiamo in una ________ città. Al centro della città, c’è una ________ piazza. Nella piazza, ci sono due _________ fontane. Nella piazza, c’è anche un _________ palazzo, e davanti al palazzo c’è un ________ orologio grande. Ci sono due _________ alberi e molti ________ fiori nella piazza. Non lontano dalla piazza c’è un ________ stadio. bella bella belle bel bell’ begli bei bello

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Review: The Regular Forms of bello Masculine Singular: Feminine Singular: Masculine Plural: Feminine Plural: bello bella belli belle And regular forms are used… When bello is not directly before the noun.

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Masculine Singular before most masculine nouns before masculine nouns beginning with z or s+consonant before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel Feminine Singular before most feminine nouns before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel Masculine Plural before most masculine nouns before masculine nouns beginning with z, s+consonant, or a vowel Feminine Plural before all feminine nouns Review: The Irregular Forms of bello bel bello bell’ bella bell’ bei begli belle

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And the irregular forms are used… Pick me! Pick me! When bello is directly before the noun.

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Meraviglioso!