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Uses of bello by Ronald Glenn Wrigley, M.A.

The adjective bello (beautiful, handsome, nice) also has several different endings, all of which are similar in structure to the endings of the definite article:

<tgroup cols="4"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col4" colnum="4" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>i<B>l</emphasis> libro</B></p></td> <td><p>the book</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>un be<B>l</emphasis> libro</B></p></td> <td><p>a beautiful book</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis><B>l</emphasis>'amico</B></p></td> <td><p>the (male) friend</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>un bel<B>l</emphasis>'amico</B></p></td> <td><p>a handsome (male) friend</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis><B>lo</emphasis> studente</B></p></td> <td><p>the (male) student</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>il bel<B>lo</emphasis> studente</B></p></td> <td><p>the handsome (male) student</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis><B>la</emphasis> ragazza</B></p></td> <td><p>the girl</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>la bel<B>la</emphasis> ragazza</B></p></td> <td><p>the beautiful girl</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis><B>le</emphasis> ragazze</B></p></td> <td><p>the girls</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>le bel<B>le</emphasis> ragazze</B></p></td> <td><p>the beautiful girls</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis><B>l</emphasis>'amica</B></p></td> <td><p>the (female) friend</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>una bel<B>l</emphasis>'amica</B></p></td> <td><p>a beautiful (female) friend</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis><B>i</emphasis> libri</B></p></td> <td><p>the books</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>i be<B>i</emphasis> libri</B></p></td> <td><p>the beautiful (or nice) books</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis><B>gli</emphasis> studenti</B></p></td> <td><p>the students</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>i be<B>gli</emphasis> studenti</B></p></td> <td><p>the beautiful students</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 12: Bello</h2> <p>Replace the adjective <emphasis>brutto</emphasis> with <emphasis>bello</emphasis> in the following sentences.</p> <ul> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutta cosa! </emphasis></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutto giorno!</emphasis> </p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutti occhi!</emphasis> </p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutto libro!</emphasis></p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutta storia!</emphasis></p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutti capelli!</emphasis></p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutto edificio!</emphasis></p> <p></p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Che brutti uffici!</emphasis></p> <p></p></li> </ul> <!--/gc--> <div id="pagination"><ul><li class="prev"><a href="http://www.netplaces.com/italian-practice/subject-pronouns-avere-and-essere/uses-of-buono.htm" title="Uses of buono">Uses of buono</a></li><li class="next"><a href="http://www.netplaces.com/italian-practice/subject-pronouns-avere-and-essere/numbers.htm" title="Numbers">Numbers</a> 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