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Today we are going to start learning some rules that will be very useful for you to learn the plural forms for both male and female nouns and adjectives in Italian
The plural for the male nouns and adjectives in Italian is made changing the last letter of the (o / e) into - i:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
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English
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Italian
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English
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il cane
|
the dog
|
i cani
|
the dogs
|
il gatto
|
the cat
|
i gatti
|
the cats
|
il bambino
|
the boy
|
i bambini
|
the boys
|
alto
|
tall
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alti
|
tall (plural)
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For the plural form of the female nouns you have to change the final - a to an - e:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
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English
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Italian
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English
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la gatta
|
the cat (f)
|
le gatte
|
the cats (f)
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la bambina
|
the girl
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le bambine
|
the girls (f)
|
la macchina
|
the car
|
le macchine
|
the cars
|
alta
|
tall (f)
|
alte
|
tall (f. plural)
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There are however some exceptions.
In this lesson we are going to start learning some irregular plural forms:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
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English
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Italian
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English
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l'uomo
|
the man
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gli uomini
|
the men
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la mano
|
the hand
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le mani
|
the hands
|
il braccio
|
the arm
|
le braccia
|
the arms
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il dito
|
the finger
|
le dita
|
the fingers
|
l'uovo
|
the egg
|
le uova
|
the eggs
|
All words that end with an - e has their plural form ending on - i, but they keep the right article:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
|
English
|
Italian
|
English
|
il pescatore
|
the fisher
|
i pescatori
|
the fishers
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la legiòn
|
the legion
|
le legioni
|
the legions
|
Words with acute accent don't change in their plural form:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
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English
|
Italian
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English
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la città
|
the city
|
le città
|
the cities
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The only female noun that ends with an - o is:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
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English
|
Italian
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English
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la mano
|
the hand
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le mani
|
the hands
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Male words ending with an -a still have their plural form ending with an -i:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
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English
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Italian
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English
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il turista
|
the tourist
|
i turisti
|
the tourists
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l'autista
|
the driver
|
gli autisti
|
the drivers
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Words that end with a consonant are kept the same in their plural form:
Singular
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Plural
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Italian
|
English
|
Italian
|
English
|
l'autobus
|
the bus
|
gli autobus
|
the buses
|
il film
|
the movie
|
i film
|
the movies
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