Lesson 2.1 — I vestiti e i colori — Clothes & colours (Italian A2)

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Two friends browse a clothing shop window in Milan.

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i vestiticlothes 🔊

la camiciathe shirt 🔊

i pantalonitrousers 🔊

rosso/rossared 🔊

questo / questathis 🔊

le scarpethe shoes 🔊

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« Mi piace questa camicia azzurra, ma preferisco quei pantaloni neri. » 🔊

I like this light-blue shirt, but I prefer those black trousers.

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Guarda, questa camicia bianca è bellissima! 🔊Look, this white shirt is gorgeous!

Sì, ma preferisco questi pantaloni neri. 🔊Yes, but I prefer these black trousers.

E queste scarpe rosse? Ti piacciono? 🔊And these red shoes? Do you like them?

Mi piacciono molto, ma questo colore è troppo acceso per me. 🔊I like them a lot, but this colour is too bright for me.

Grammar in focus · demonstratives & colour agreement

Questo (this) agrees with the noun: questo maglione (m.s.), questa gonna (f.s.), questi guanti (m.pl.), queste scarpe (f.pl.). Colours also agree: il maglione rosso, la camicia rossa, i pantaloni rossi, le scarpe rosse. Some colours are invariable: blu and rosa never change — la gonna blu, i pantaloni rosa.

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Bene! Check agreement, e.g. « una giacca verde » but « i pantaloni verdi ».

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1. “These shoes” (le scarpe) is…

2. Which colour never changes its ending?

3. “La camicia ___” (red). Choose the form.

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