1. Nomi: genere e numero Nouns: gender and number Name: _________________ Date: ______________

2. Nomi: genere e numero Holey Notes Part 2: How do we know if a word is How do we know if a word is male or female in Italian? What does singular/plural mean? What does singular/plural mean? What are the changes we have to make for plural nouns? What are the changes we have to make for plural nouns? You can find more on You can find more on textbook pages 29 and 30!

3. Che cos ’ e ’ un nome?(What is a noun?) A noun is a person, place, or thing. Esempi italiani: Silvio, ragazzo, ufficio, libro, Silvia, ragazza, banca, pizza English examples: Paul, student, classroom, Mary, child, office, computer

4. In italiano, nomi hanno un genere. (In Italian, nouns have a gender.) Cosa significa genere? (What does gender mean?) Significa maschile o femminile. (It means masculine or feminine.) What has gender in English? living things living things What has gender in Italian? living and nonliving things  EVERYTHING!

5. What are our endings? A word with an a at the end is feminine. A word with an o at the end is masculine. A word with an e at the end can be feminine or masculine. A  feminine O  masculine E  feminine or masculine

6. What about OTHER endings? What about words like film, bar, scooter, tram...? You just have to memorize them! Here ’ s a trick: nouns ending in a consonant are usually masculine.

7. Nomi Plurali (Plural Nouns) Nouns have a gender and a number. Their last letters depend on if they are masculine or feminine AND if they are singular or plural. Singular (singolare) means there is just one of the person/place/thing. Plural (plurale) means there is more than one of the person/place/thing.

8. Ending Changes Feminine nouns end in a. When there is more than one feminine person/place/thing, the word ends in e. A EA EA EA E Masculine nouns end in o. When there is more than one masculine person/place/thing, the word ends in i. O  IO  IO  IO  I

9. Ending changes People/places/things that end in e change to i. Esempi (Examples): Lezione  lezioni Regione  regioni Ospedale  ospedali

10. Ending Changes Words that don ’ t end in a, o, or e don ’ t change. Esempi (Examples): 1 film  2 film 1 bar  2 bar 1 scooter  2 scooter

11. Ending Changes Words that end in letters that have accent marks over them don ’ t change either. Esempi (Examples): 1 città  2 città 1 attività  200 attività 1 università  2,000 università 1 caffè  20,000 caffè 1 tè  200,000 tè

12. How do I remember all this? Words that have accents over the last letter or end in a consonant don ’ t change at all! How do I remember o  i, a  e, e  i?

13. Un problema Old Italian ants eat everything in sight! Old  Italian Ants  Eat Everything  In sight! They are eating up all my food!! AIUTOOO!!!!

14. Pratichiamo! 1 treno + 1 treno = ? 2 treni 1 pizza + 1 pizza = ? 2 pizze 1 bicicletta + 1 bicicletta = ? 2 biciclette

15. Pratichiamo! 1 ristorante + 1 ristorante = ? 2 ristoranti 1 lezione + 1 lezione = ? 2 lezioni 1 automobile + 1 automobile =? 2 automobili