Basic Italian in 30 Days: Clothes and colours
Untimed topic quiz: 10 questions on Clothes and colours, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 20: Clothes and colours
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Question 1 of 10
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Answer: C. skirt
La gonna is a skirt. A shirt is la camicia, a coat is il cappotto and a dress is il vestito.
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Question 2 of 10
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Answer: C. nera
Giacca is feminine singular, so the -o colour ends in -a: una giacca nera.
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Question 3 of 10
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Answer: B. bianchi
Pantaloni is masculine plural, so use -i. Bianco adds h to keep the hard sound: bianchi.
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Question 4 of 10
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Answer: D. verdi
Verde ends in -e, so it has only two forms: verde for one, verdi for more than one.
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Question 5 of 10
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Answer: D. una camicia rossa
Colours come after the noun and agree with it. Camicia is feminine: una camicia rossa.
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Question 6 of 10
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Answer: C. rosa
Rosa (pink) never changes: una borsa rosa, due borse rosa. Rosse means red.
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Question 7 of 10
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Answer: A. Nera, per favore.
Di che colore? asks what colour. Nera agrees with la giacca (feminine).
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Question 8 of 10
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Answer: C. Black
Le scarpe nere means the black shoes. The T-shirt is white (bianca).
Transcript
Oggi porto i jeans, una maglietta bianca e le scarpe nere.
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Question 9 of 10
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Answer: D. €45
Quarantacinque is 45: quaranta (40) + cinque (5). Maglione grigio means grey sweater.
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Cliente: Quanto costa questo maglione grigio?
Commesso: Quarantacinque euro. -
Question 10 of 10
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Answer: A. Red women's shoes
Scarpe rosse da donna -50% means red women's shoes are 50% off, so half price. Rosse is red; the black (nere) jackets are 30% off.
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