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Making Nouns Plural in Italian. Here are the rules: Masculine Nouns Ending with: SingularPlural -o change to -i -e -i -consonant- leave consonant.

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1 Making Nouns Plural in Italian

2 Here are the rules: Masculine Nouns Ending with: SingularPlural -o change to -i -e -i -consonant- leave consonant

3 Esempi/Examples: Maschile: Libro >>> Libri Studente >>> Studenti Computer>>> computer

4 Feminine Nouns Ending with: SingularPlural -a change to -e -e -i -Accented letter- stays the same -Shortened word - stays the same

5 Esempi/Examples: Femminile: penna >>> penne Classe >>> classi Città (city) >>> città Foto (fotografia) >>> foto

6 Attività- Write the word “the” before each noun. Pay attention to the noun, if it’s singular or plural. 1. _____ bambini11. _____ uomo 2. _____ attività12. _____ alunna (f.) 3. _____ zaino13. _____ gente (f.) 4. _____ studenti (m)14. _____ computer(m) 5._____ studentessa (f)15. _____ zero 6._____ schermi (m) (screen)16. _____ domande 7._____ lezione (f)17. _____ alunni (m) 8._____ orologi 18. _____ automobile (f) 9._____ signore (f, p)19. _____ foto 10._____ signori20. _____ cattedra

7 C’è and Ci sono In Italian we use “C’è” OR “Ci sono” to talk about the existence of people or things. Esempi: -C’è uno studente. (To talk about one person or thing.) -Ci sono trenta studenti. (To talk about more than one person or thing.)

8 Attività- Write either “c’è” or “ci sono” before each noun. 1.________ ventisei studenti. 2.________ un libro italiano. 3.________ una penna. 4.________ trenta libri. 5.________ una professoressa. 6.________ un banco. 7.________ molti (many) quaderni. 8.________ un orologio. 9.________ due cattedre. 10.________ uno scaffale.


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