Breakdown of Il perfezionismo e il materialismo sono due atteggiamenti diversi.
essere
to be
e
and
due
two
diverso
different
l'atteggiamento
the attitude (m)
il perfezionismo
the perfectionism
il materialismo
the materialism
Questions & Answers about Il perfezionismo e il materialismo sono due atteggiamenti diversi.
Why are there definite articles (il) before perfezionismo and materialismo when the English translation omits them?
In Italian, abstract nouns and broad, general concepts require a definite article when they act as the subject of a sentence. English usually drops the article for general concepts (saying "Perfectionism" instead of "The perfectionism"), so it is easy to forget them in Italian!
How does the suffix -ismo function in words like perfezionismo and materialismo?
If these are the attitudes, how do we use the -ista suffix to describe the people who have them?
You replace the -ismo ending with -ista. A person who shows perfezionismo is a perfezionista, and one who shows materialismo is a materialista. Remember that in the singular, -ista nouns do not change their ending for gender—you only change the article (e.g., il perfezionista for a man, la perfezionista for a woman).
How does the word atteggiamenti (attitudes) fit into the theme of derivational morphology?
The singular noun is atteggiamento. It is built from the reflexive verb atteggiarsi (to strike a pose, to act in a certain way) combined with the suffix -mento. Just like the English suffix "-ment", Italian uses -mento to turn a verb into a masculine noun representing an action, result, or state.
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