Italian

 

Italian Grammar Lessons:

grammar exercises Index

A1 – Beginner/Elementary Italian Lessons

01: Articles
02: Plurals
03: There is/There are
04: Verbs in the present tense
05: Like – Piace / Piacciono
06: Adjectives
07: Adverbs
08: The Past
09: Direct and indirect pronouns
10: Prepositions
11: Reflexive verbs
12: The Impersonal Form With ‘Si’ (part 1)

01 articles

02 plural

1) Singular nouns ending in “-o” are usually masculine. To produce a plural you need to change this ending to “-i“,

2) Nouns ending in “-a” are usually feminine. To create the plural form you need to change the final vowel to “-e“.

3) But some nouns ending in “-a” are masculine,  in which case the plural is “-i“. 

 il problema → i problemi (the problem – the problems)

il poeta → i poeti (the poet – the poets)                                                                                            4) some nouns ending in “-o” are feminine and their plural is the same as the singular form.

and many more irregulars. 

See this YouTube  for how to make plurals. 

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