AP Italian Language & Culture · Unit 2: Personal & Public Identities

2.1 Describing People & Identity

Appearance

alto/a (tall), basso/a (short), bello/a (beautiful/handsome), giovane (young), vecchio/a (old), i capelli (hair), gli occhi (eyes).

Personality

simpatico/a (nice), intelligente (intelligent), lavoratore/lavoratrice (hard-working), timido/a (shy), serio/a (serious), gentile (kind).

Identity

l'identità (identity), la nazionalità (nationality), la lingua (language), la cultura (culture). Nationality: italiano/italiana, francese (same for m./f.).

Key terms

alto / basso: tall / short
simpatico / serio: nice / serious
timido / gentile: shy / kind
la lingua / la cultura: language / culture
italiano / italiana: Italian (m. / f.)

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"È pigro" means he is…

funny
lazy
tall
kind

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B. Pigro.

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