Breakdown of Le ragazze sono alte e intelligenti.
essere
to be
la ragazza
the girl
e
and
intelligente
intelligent
alto
tall / high
Questions & Answers about Le ragazze sono alte e intelligenti.
Why does alte end in -e but intelligenti ends in -i if they both describe le ragazze?
Adjectives in Italian usually fall into two main groups. Alto (tall) belongs to the first group, which has four endings: -o (masculine singular), -a (feminine singular), -i (masculine plural), and -e (feminine plural). Since ragazze is feminine plural, we use alte. However, intelligente belongs to a second group that only has two endings: -e for singular and -i for plural, regardless of gender. Since the girls are plural, it becomes intelligenti.
How do I know ragazze is plural?
Why is the article Le instead of I or Gli?
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