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Italian Grammar Lessons: Two Irregular Adjectives & Adverbs

Two important irregular adjectives are buono – good and cattivo – bad.

The comparative and superlative forms are:

buono – good, migliore – better, il migliore – the best
cattivo – bad, peggiore – worse, il peggiore – the worst

For example:

Questo è un buon libro. – This is a good book.
Il mio libro è migliore del tuo. – My book is better than yours.
E’ il libro migliore che ho letto. – It’s the best book I’ve read.

Quel cane ha un cattivo carattere. – That dog has a bad character.
Il tempo a Bologna è peggiore del tempo al sud Italia. – The weather in Bologna is worse than in the south of Italy.
Questa è la peggiore pizza che ho mangiato. – This is the worst pizza I’ve eaten.

The adverb forms are also irregular and confusingly similar to the adjectives:

bene – well, meglio – better
male – badly, peggio – worse

For example:

Parli l’italiano bene. – You speak Italian well.
Parli l’italiano meglio del tuo amico. – You speak Italian better than your friend.
Guidi male. – You drive badly.
Guidi peggio di un italiano! – You drive worse than an Italian!

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