1. I sostantivi - nouns Il GENERE - GENDER

2. What is a noun? How do most Italian nouns end?

3. Qualities of nouns Even if a noun is not a person, it has a GENDER – il genere Maschile or Femminile ▫M usually ends in ____ ▫F usually ends in ____

4. Neutral ▫If the noun ends in –E, it can be either and must be memorized  MASCULINE: studente, ristorante, caffè, cane, esame, mese FEMININE: automobile, notte, arte, estate, classe

5. Clues to tell the gender Maschile Femminile -o -ore consonant (foreign word) -iere -a -essa -ione -rice -iera

6. Abbreviated nouns foto [f.] (from fotografia) cinema [m.] (from cinematografo) moto [f.] (from motocicletta) auto [f.] (from automobile) bici [f.] (from bicicletta)

7. Categorize MaschileFemminile