Nouns and Articles

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Nouns and Articles

• Italian I1

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Formation of Italian Plural Nouns Ending in -O

• Italian singular nouns that end in -o form the
  plural by changing the ending to i
• ESEMPI
• Singular - Plural
• Bambino - bambini
• impiegato - impiegati
• sasso - sassi
• Coltello - coltelli

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Formation of Italian Plural Nouns Ending in -O

• Nouns ending in -ìo (with a stressed i) form
  regular plurals ending in -ìi
• ESEMPI
• Singular - Plural
• zìo - zìi

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Formation of Italian Plural Nouns Ending in -O

• Nouns ending in -ìo (with an unstressed i) lose
  the i of the stem in the plural, therefore ending
  in -i
• ESEMPI
• Singular - Plural
• viaggio - viaggi
• figlio - figli
• bacio - baci

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Formation of Italian Plural Nouns Ending in -A

• Nouns Italian singular nouns that end in -a form
  the plural with -e
• ESEMPI
• Singular - Plural
• bambina - bambine
• figlia - figlie
• casa - case

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Formation of Italian Plural Nouns Ending in -A

• Italian singular nouns that end in -e form the
  plural by changing the ending to -i, whether the
  gender of the noun is masculine or feminine.
• ESEMPI
• Singular - Plural
• la madre - le madri
• il padre - i padri
• il leone - i leoni

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Formation of Italian Plural Nouns Ending in -A

• Italian nouns that end in -ie are invariable in
  the single and plural
• - only the following do not retain in the plural
  the same form as in the singular
• Singular - Plural
• la moglie - le mogli
• la superficie - le superfici

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Adesso Practichiamo!

• 1. il gatto - __________ 8. i libri -
  ____________
• 2. il leone - __________ 9. le ragazze -
  ____________
• 3. la donna - __________ 10. i padri -
  _____________
• 4. il giudice - ___________ 11. i genitori -
  ____________
• 5. la macchina - ____________ 12. le madri -
  ____________
• 6. il gelato - ___________ 13. i mariti -
  _____________
• 7. la sedia - ____________ 14. le mogli -
  _____________