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    This document summarizes the rules for forming plurals of nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -o, and -io in Italian. It discusses: - Masculine nouns ending in -a form the plural with -i, while feminine nouns change the ending from -a to -e. - Exceptions are added when -a is preceded by c or g. - Nouns ending in -e, -i, -u change the ending vowel to -i regardless of gender. - Nouns ending in -o are mostly masculine and change to -i in the plural, with exceptions if preceded by c or g. - Nouns

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    This document summarizes the rules for forming plurals of nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -o, and -io in Italian. It discusses: - Masculine nouns ending in -a form the plural with -i, while feminine nouns change the ending from -a to -e. - Exceptions are added when -a is preceded by c or g. - Nouns ending in -e, -i, -u change the ending vowel to -i regardless of gender. - Nouns ending in -o are mostly masculine and change to -i in the plural, with exceptions if preceded by c or g. - Nouns

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    This document summarizes the rules for forming plurals of nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -o, and -io in Italian. It discusses: - Masculine nouns ending in -a form the plural with -i, while feminine nouns change the ending from -a to -e. - Exceptions are added when -a is preceded by c or g. - Nouns ending in -e, -i, -u change the ending vowel to -i regardless of gender. - Nouns ending in -o are mostly masculine and change to -i in the plural, with exceptions if preceded by c or g. - Nouns

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    Nouns ending in -a

    Masculine nouns ending in -a will form their plural with -i,

    Feminine nouns change their ending from -a to -e.

    Italian English
    Masculine Il poeta → I poeti The poet → The poets
    Feminine La ragazza → Le ragazze The girl → The girls

    Exceptions
    In case –a is preceded by c or g, an h is added just before the new vowel -e.

    Italian English
    La formica → Le formiche The ant → The ants
    La riga → Le righe The row → The rows
    La domenica → Le domeniche The Sunday → The Sundays

    Nouns ending in -e
    A noun ending in -e changes its vowel to -i, regardless of its gender.

    Italian English
    Il fiore → I fiori The flower → The flowers
    La parete → Le pareti The wall → The walls
    Il colore → I colori The colour → The colours

    Nouns ending in -i and -u


    This kind of nouns derives from foreign or ancient languages; the vowel ending remains unchanged when forming
    the plural.

    Italian English
    La crisi → Le crisi The crisis → The crises
    Lo gnu → Gli gnu The gnu → The gnus
    La metropoli → Le metropoli The metropolis → The metropolises

    Nouns ending in -o
    These nouns are almost always masculine, thus normally change to -i when forming the plural.

    Italian English
    Il regalo → I regali The present →The presents
    Lo stereotipo → Gli stereotipi The stereotype → The stereotypes
    Il libro → I libri The book → The books
    When -o is preceded by c or g and the stress falls on the next-to-last syllable, an h has to be added between the
    consonant and the new vowel.

    Italian English
    Il sugo → I sughi The sauce → The sauces
    Il cuoco → I cuochi The cook → The sauces
    Il lago → I laghi The lake → The lakes

    Exceptions
    Note the following irregularities:

    Italian English
    L'amico → Gli amici The friend → The friends
    Il nemico → I nemici The enemy → The enemies
    Il greco → I greci The Greek → The Greeks

    Nouns ending in -io


    Nouns ending in -io simply drop the -o when forming their plural.

    Italian English
    Lo specchio → Gli specchi The mirror → The mirrors
    L'operaio → Gli operai The worker → The workers
    L'orologio → Gli orologi The clock → The clocks

    If the i preceding -o is stressed, then it is necessary to add another i:

    Italian English
    Lo zio → Gli zii The uncle → The uncles
    L'addio → Gli addii The farewell → The farewells
    Il pendìo → I pendii The slope → The slopes
    But in Italian there are SEVEN words for "the", depending on what you're talking about.
    SEVEN! Here they are:

    Il I le la l’ gli lo

    FEMININE MASCULINE
    La is used for all feminine singular il is used for masculine singular
    nouns beginning with a consonant. nouns beginning with a consonant.

    the house
    la casa the horse
    il cavallo

    When a feminine noun l’ is used for masculine singular


    starts with a vowel, nouns starting with a vowel.
    la contracts into l’.

    the idea the angel


    l’idea l’angelo

    Le is used for all feminine plural i is used for masculine plural nouns
    nouns, even if they start with a vowel. starting with a consonant.

    the houses the horses


    le case i cavalli

    the ideas
    le idee

    gli is used for masculine plural


    nouns starting with a vowel.

    the angels
    gli angeli
    The twist for Z and S
    In addition to those above, there is a special case for masculine nouns that start with a "Z" or
    an "S-consonant". (That's words that start "St", "Sc", "Sp" etc. Not words that start "Sa", "Si",
    "Se" etc.)

    lo is used for masculine singular nouns beginning with a Z or S+consonant.

    the backpack
    lo zaino

    the student
    lo studente
    gli is used for masculine plural nouns beginning with a Z or S+consonant (plus vowels, as
    above)

    the backpacks
    gli zaini

    the students
    gli studenti

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