Adjectival agreement
What Adjectival agreement means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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When using these words as adjectives in Italian, students must apply standard agreement rules, changing the '-o' ending to '-a', '-i', or '-e' depending on the gender and number of the noun they describe.
When molto, poco and troppo act as adjectives modifying a noun, they must agree in gender and number with that noun, for example molte mele.
These suffixes can also form adjectives, agreeing in gender and number with the noun they modify, such as forza motrice (driving force).
'-ico' adjectives have four forms to agree with the noun's gender and number: '-ico', '-ica', '-ici', and '-iche'.
As adjectives, these words must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.
Topics that use Adjectival agreement
- Number, quantity, dates and time (AQA GCSE)
- Using common patterns between Italian and English - Nouns (AQA GCSE)
- Using common patterns within Italian (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adjective agreement
- Noun gender and number
- Reading comprehension strategies
- Suffixes and word formation
- Vocabulary building
- Vocabulary building strategies
- Vocabulary deduction strategies
- Adjective modification
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