FEMININE
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RULES FOR THE PLURAL
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words ending with O => I (usually masculine) bambino => bambini |
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Words ending with A => E (usually feminine) bambina => bambine |
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Words ending with E => I (either masculine or feminine) (f) classe => classi (f) (m) studente => studenti |
ARTICOLI DETERMINATIVI (definite articles) = THE
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SINGOLARE |
LA L'
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LA in front of masculine nouns beginning with CONSONANT(S).
LA bambina, LA professoressa, LA tregua, LA crema, LA stanza
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LA drops the A and becomes L' In front of words that begin with a vowel
L’ AMICA
L’ IDEA L’ ITALIANA
L’ UVA L’
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Feminine
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PLURALE |
LE
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LE in front of nouns beginning with CONSONANT(S) and VOWELS
LE
bambine, LE professoresse,
LE tregue, LE
creme, LE stanze
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PRACTICE
DO NOT COPY & PASTE.
Re-write each word with the singular article in front.
Rewrite the list with the article and word in the PLURAL FORM
Finally, rewrite the list with the TRANSLATION (see course webpage: register with the GARZANTI online dictionary)
The plural form of IL is I
The plural form of LO is GLI
The plural form of LA
is LE
In front of a vowel (singular word) LO and LA drop their final vowel and become
L'
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Chiesa |
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Ufficio |
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Zaino |
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Automobile |
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Zoo |
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Parco |
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Studio |
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Amica |
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Zero |
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Caffe' |
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Zucchero |
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Treno |
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Amico |
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Stazione |
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Universita' |
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Banca |
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Affresco |
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Negozio |
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Scuola |
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Studente |
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Ristorante |
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