Concord / Agreement

Here are the two most typical patterns:

1) The good boy / girl

masculine

feminine

singular

Il bravo ragazzo

La brava ragazza

plural

I bravi ragazzi

Le brave ragazze

2) The kind teacher

masculine

feminine

singular

L'insegnante gentile

L'insegnante gentile

plural

Gli insegnanti gentili

Le insegnanti gentili

Remarks:

  1. Articles and adjectives agree with nouns for gender and number;

  2. The plural of nouns and adjectives ending with "-o" or "-e" normally ends with "-i";

  3. The plural of nouns and adjectives ending with "-a" normally ends with "-e".

For the position of adjectives see

For special cases concerning the number and gender of nouns see