nouns are persons, places or things. sooo... there is

THERE IS MORE TO THAT THAN YOU THINK!!!
NOUNS ARE PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS.
SOOO...
Nouns in Italian come from Latin and Nouns in Latin
have Gender and Number
La ragazza romana
Il ragazzo romano
Gender
Gender simply means that the noun is either masculine or
feminine.
Some masculine
nouns in Italian are:
Il pane
Il gatto
Some nouns are feminine.
La famiglia e’ piccola.
La donna scia sulla
montagna.
Nouns that end in –o and in -a
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**Most nouns that end in –o are masculine
** Most nouns that end in –a are feminine
Nouns that end in –e are either masculine
or feminine. In this case you cannot tell the
gender which means that you must
MEMORIZE the word.
Things to remember
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A. Nouns that end in -ione (like televizione / informazione) are
usually feminine
** B. Nouns that end in a consonant like hamburger and bar are
usually masculine
Number
Number simply means whether the person,
place or thing is one or more than one.
I ragazzi giocano giro tondo.
Avanti Workbook:
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Pagina 321 – complete A
Pagina 9 complete A & B
Articoli determinativi-in English
it is “the” but in Italian it takes the following
forms:
Masculine- singular
il
l’
lo
Feminine - singular
la
l’
Plurale
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MasculineIi
Gli
Feminine
le
Adesso toca a te!!!
1. ________ padre insegna __________ corso.
2. _______ donna lavora in biblioteca.
3. ________ studente e’ ______ fratello di Maria.
4. _______Stato di New York e’ al nord ovest degli
Stati Uniti.
5. _______ professori sono molto bravi.
6. _______ bambine giocano a giro tondo.
7. ______ studenti sono nella classe d’italiano.