Plural Forms (Part III)

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Today we are going to continue studying some rules that will help you to understand how plural forms are made in Italian: 

Italian words with accent on the penultimate syllable ending with -co; -go (i.e. male ones) usually keep their sound on their plural form changing their spelling.

Singular		Plural
Italian	English	Italian	English
stanco	tired	stanchi	tired (pl)
antico	old	antichi	old ones

There are some exceptions:

Singular		Plural
Italiano	English	Italian	English
amico	amigo	amici	amigos
greco	griego	greci	griegos

However:

Singular		Plural
Italiano	English	Italiano	English
amica	female friend	amiche	female friends
greca	Greek girl	greche	Greek girls

Words that have their accent on the ante-penultimate syllable ending in -co; -go change their pronunciation but keep the spelling.

Singular		Plural
Italian	English	Italian	English
sindaco	mayor	sindaci	mayors
magnifico	magnificent	magnifici	magnificent ones

Exceptions:

Singular		Plural
Italian	English	Italian	English
carico	charge	carichi	charges