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Tiscali: Italian Phrase Finder: Italian Grammar -nouns

PHRASES

Nouns: formation of plurals

For most nouns, the singular ending changes as follows:

masc. sing.	masc. plur.	example
o	i	libro	libri
e	i	padre	padri
a	i	artista	artisti

note: nouns ending in e can be either masculine

	or feminine. In the plural they all end in i , e.g.
	la televisione	le televisioni
	il mare	i mari

note: most nouns ending in co and go become chi and ghi in

	the plural to keep the c and g hard sounding. Some
	exceptions occur in the masculine, e.g. amico - amici

fem. sing. fem. plur. example

a	e	mela	mele
e	i	madre	madri

note: nouns ending in ca and ga become che and ghe in the
plural to keep the c and g hard sounding.
Nouns ending in cia and gia often becomes ce and ge to
keep the c and g soft sounding.

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