Making Nouns Plural Italian 1

Masculine Nouns All masculine nouns ending in –o change the –o to –i.

Examples Singular Plural cangurocanguri ragazzoragazzi cugino cugini

Feminine Nouns All feminine nouns ending in –a change the –a to – e.

Examples Singular Plural nonna nonne sorella sorelle gallina galline

Nouns ending in -e Nouns ending in – e in the singular form change the – e to – i.

Examples SingularPlural canecani tigretigri leoneleoni elefanteelefanti

Irregular Nouns SingularPlural un’ocadue oche (add –he in front of the –ca) uno zootre zoo (Zoo is a borrowed word from another language and doesn’t change.)

Irregular Nouns Singular Plural amicoamici amicaamiche ziozii ziazie