Italian 路 Chapter 3 路 Lesson 14 路 Grammar primer
Adjectives and adverbs
An adjective agrees with its noun and usually follows it; one suffix turns it into an adverb.
The short version
Italian adjectives go after the noun
English puts every adjective in front of the noun; Italian defaults to after it. Colours, nationalities and long adjectives always follow, and only a short list like bello, buono and nuovo regularly goes first. When in doubt, put it after: you will be right far more often than wrong.
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Buono describes things, bene describes how
English says I'm good and that's good with one word. Italian splits them: buono is an adjective for nouns, bene is the adverb for how something is done or how you are. Sto buono is one of the most recognisable learner errors in the language.
Sto bene, e il vino 猫 buono.
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