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1.2 Il nome. Gender of nouns A noun is either masculine or feminine.

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1 1.2 Il nome

2 Gender of nouns A noun is either masculine or feminine

3 A noun ending in -o is masculine.

4 A noun ending in -a is feminine.

5 Nouns ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine.

6 treno (masc.)

7 ristorante (masc.)

8 casa (fem.)

9 stazione (fem.)

10 NOTE: *Memorize the article with the noun.

11 un ristorante

12 una stazione

13 NOTE: *Nouns ending in -ore or in a consonant are masculine.

14

15 fiore

16 dottore

17 scultore

18 autobus

19 sport

20 bar

21 NOTE: *Nouns ending in -ione are generally feminine.

22 lezione

23 presentazione

24 conversazione

25 Number of nouns A noun is either singular or plural

26 Singular ending Plural ending Singular noun Plural noun -o-iun librodue libri -a-e una casadue case -e-iun dottoredue dottori Nouns ending in:

27 NOTE: a. Some nouns are invariable and do not change in the plural. i.e. accented vowels. una città due città un caffè due caffè

28 NOTE: ending in a consonant. Un bar due bar un film due film

29 NOTE: nouns that are abbreviated. Un auto due auto una foto due foto

30 NOTE: b. Nouns ending in -ca and -ga change to -che and -ghe. unamica due amiche una riga due righe

31 NOTE: c. Most nouns ending in -io change to -i. un negozio due negozi un ufficio due uffici


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