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34 ON ADJECTIVES.
The emperor and empress were surrounded by princes and
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princesses, by barons and baronesses, by counts and countesses.
Groves of orange and lemon- trees.
Boschetto (67)
CHAPTER V.
ON ADJECTIVES.
68. Adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns
they qualify ; those ending in o become feminine by changing
the into a. The plural of adjectives is formed according to
the rules given for nouns. Ex.
L'uomo generoso e dotto,
La donna generosa e dotta,
Oli uomini generosi e dotti,
Lt donne generose e dotte,
The generous and learned man.
The generous and learned woman.
The generous and learned men.
The generous and learned women.
69. Adjectives in e or i serve for both genders. Ex.
Un re illustre e potente,
Una regina illustre e potente,
I re illustri e potenti,
An illustrious and powerful king.
An illustrious and powerful queen.
Illustrious and powerful kings.
Le regine illustri e potenti.
Illustrious and powerful queens.
70. When the adjective qualifies two or more singular nouns,
it is put in the plural. Ex.
II padre ed il figlio sono orgo-
gliosi,
La vedova e sua jìglia sono povere
ma industriose,
La rosa e la camelia sono belle.
Il ricco ed il povero sono mortali.
The father and son are proud.
—
The widow and her daughter are
poor but industrious.
The rose and the camellia are beau-
tiful.
Eich and poor are mortal.
71. When the nouns are of different gender, the plural adjec-
tive agrees with the masculine. Ex.
La madre e il figlio sono sordi,
I soldati e le loro mogli furono riconoscenti
e civili,
The mother and the son are deaf.
The soldiers and thoir wives were
grateful and civil.
72. Adjectives may generally precede or follow nouns, taste