Italian Language Notes


Bello is used extensively in Italian to express admiration, when in English you might say "beautiful, lovely, superb, nice, wonderful, fine," etc.

Vivere a Bologna è bello.
 Living in Bologna is wonderful.
È una bella città.
 It's a beautiful city.

You will often hear bello used before a noun.

Che bella giornata!
 What a lovely day! feminine

Before the noun, the masculine forms are slightly different from the usual pattern and are similar to the words for the:

ilun bel centroa lovely centre
loun bello scandaloa fine scandal
l'un bell'uomoa handsome man
idei bei negozisome great shops
glii begli strumentithe beautiful instruments

see also...
adjectives
il, lo, l', la, i, gli, le
masculine - feminine

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