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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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