Introduction to gender and articles in Italian

Here are the Feminine endings Feminine Singular la Feminine Plural e Ex: la bambina the girl le bambine the girls 6 Italian Grammar for Beginners Grammatica Italiana Livello Iniziale Let’s begin with the Gender of names in Italian There are two main categories ( genders) of nouns Masculine ( he ) Feminine ( she) We have no Neuter form (it) Introduction Masculine nouns in the singular ( one only) end in -0 Masculine nouns in the plural ( more than one) end in -I Ex: bambino ( boy ) bambini ( boys) Masculine Feminine nouns in the singular (one only) end in -a Feminine nouns in the plural ( more than one) end in -e Ex: bambina ( girl ) bambine ( girls ) Feminine Nouns indicating objects fall into the above categories Ex: tavolo table sedia chair libro book penna pen quadro painting porta door A bit more.. There are a few exceptions to the endings for masculine and feminine if we are talking about people. It happens when Italian has only one form for masculine and feminine Ex: giudice judge pilota pilot Identify the person’s role and not the gender And….. We translate the article the differently according to the noun it goes with Masculine singular il Masculine plural i Ex: il bambino the boy i bambini the boys Articles la sedia the chair le sedie the chairs la penna the pen le penne the pens la porta the door le porte the doors il tavolo the table i tavoli the tables il libro the book i libri the books il quadro the painting i quadri the paintings More examples…. …last ones, promise! Now please refer to Exercise n1 and n2 to practice the contents of this lesson. Grazie e a Presto! Finally