Изучаването на всяко съществително име на италиански (il sostantivo) започва с разбирането на правилата за неговия род и число.
Различаваме два рода, мъжки и женски. Родът на съществителното се определя според окончанието.
unit plural
- O – M.Sc. – I
- E – M.Sc. / b.r. – I
- A – g.r. – E
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plural | unit |
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the hearte the bookabout friendabout the hotelabout studentis helloabout |
my fatheri
my hearti I'm a librarian.i my friendi the hotelsi the studenti you are welcomei |
the madre
the rooma the keye frienda the herba the studenta the daya
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the madi
the roome the keyi the friende the coat of armse the studente todaye |
Exceptions and features
- Features of the plural
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| Words ending in a stressed vowel in the plural do not change the ending
ü from zh.r. end in accented -U, -I, -А ü from m.r. end in stressed -E, -O |
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| Words ending in a consonant are from m.r. and in the plural the ending does not change.
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| Words ending in –gramma and – drama are from m.r. and in the plural the ending changes to – i. |
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| Words that do not change the ending from singular to plural |
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| Words ending in the suffix -zione are to zh.r. |
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Determining gender by meaning |
The names of the trees are from m.r.
il melo – apple l'arancio - orange
exceptions: the oak – oak la vite – vine
The directions of the world are m.r. East, West, North, South
The days of the week are m.r. Lunedí, Martedi, Mercoledí, Venerdí, Sabato (excl. Domenica) |
The names of the fruits are zh.r.
la mela – apple l'arancia - orange exceptions: il fico – fig tree il dattero – date
sciences and abstract concepts are zh.r. mathematics, biology, beauty
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Words with double plural with different meanings |
the arm – hand
the same –finger the bone –bone
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my arms-backrests
and children – fingers the bones – bones |
the arms – hands
these days – the fingers of the hand the bones – the bones as a whole |
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| the foundation –base
the eyelash – eyelash the cry – shout the member – member the scream – scream
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the foundations – fundamentals of teaching
the bricks – edges of a ditch the grids – animal cries and members – members the screams – animal screams |
the foundations – building foundations
the eyelashes – eyelashes the grid – shouts of people the members – limbs he screams – people screaming |
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2.. Особености в правописа при преминаване в множественото число
| Graduations – M.R. | examples | Endings – railway | examples |
| -co -chi | package – packages | -ga -ghe | line – righe |
| -go – ghi | lake – lakes | -ica -iche | friend – friends |
| -ico – here | friend – friends | -cia -ce | shirt – shirt |
| -io – i | armario -armadi | -cia -cie | pharmacyia – farmacie |
| -ío – íi | zio – zii | -gia -ge | beach – beaches |
| -gie -gie | bugia – bugie |
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