意大利语

This tower is as tall as that one. This picture is as beautiful as that one. Maria is smarter than Guido. There are a number of ways to compare two or more things in English, and the same is true for ...

In addition to interrogative adjectives, interrogative pronouns, and interrogative prepositions, one other group of words is also used in the formation of questions—the interrogative adverbs come? (...

The following interrogative words are the most commonly used to introduce a question: A che ora? (At what time?)Come? (How?)Come mai? (How come? Why [on earth]? Why ever?)Dove? (Where?)Perché? (Why?)...

Two common contractions are com’è? (a contraction of come è? meaning “how is?“) and dov’è? (a contraction of dove è? meaning “where is?“). Again, note that in Italian the subject and v...

Not in a very agreeable mood today? There are a number of negative expressions to counteract all those smiley, happy people. Some very common negative expressions include the following: non cambiare u...

NEGATIVE PHRASESda nientenot importantmainevernessunono one, nobodyniente (nulla)nothingné...néneither...nornessunno, not...anyneanche, nemmeno, neppurenot evenper nienteat all...

Note that nessun is used as an adjective, and must agree in gender and number with the thing that it describes. Moreover, nessun and niente usually follow the verb when they act as the object. When on...

What about the most delicious pasta? The ultimate gelato? The absolute superlative expresses the concepts of very, extremely, or most. In Italian, superlatives are formed by adding the suffix -issimo ...

2There are several adjectives that have irregular comparative and superlative forms. IRREGULAR ITALIAN ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE ABSOLUTE SUPERLATIVE alto (high) superiore (higher) supremo/somm...

cattivo (bad) peggiore (worse) pessimo (worst) grande (big) maggiore (big) massimo (biggest) piccolo (small) minore (smaller) minimo (smallest)...