Language/Italian/Grammar/Plural

Plural in Italian

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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨PLURAL¨ in Italian

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Some words for the Plural in Italian

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Male names usually form the plural in (-i)

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
		LİBRO
		LİBRİ
		QUADERNO
		QUADERNİ
		CANE
		CANİ

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Female names usually form the plural in (-e)

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
		MAMMA
		MAMME
		PİZZA
		PİZZE
		MELA
		MELE
		MANO (exeption)
		MANİ (exception)
		PROBLEMA (exeption)
		PROBLEMİ (exeption)

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Exceptions in general

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
		BANCA
		BANCHE
		PANCA
		PANCHE
		SPİAGGİA (preceded by a consonant)
		SPİAGGE (preceded by a consonant)
		GOCCİA (preceded by a consonant)
		GOCCE (preceded by a consonant)
		CİLİEGİA (preceded by a vowel)
		CİLİEGİE (preceded by a vowel)
		CAMİCİA (preceded by a vowel)
		CAMİCİE (preceded by a vowel)
		FARMACÌA
		FARMACÌE
		MAGÌA
		MAGÌE
		AMİCO
		AMİCİ
		MEDİCO
		MEDİCİ
		CACO
		CACHİ
		LAGO
		LAGHİ

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No change in the words

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
		PAPÀ
		PAPÀ
		CİTTÀ
		CİTTÀ
		RE
		RE
		CRİSİ
		CRİSİ

irregular forms

Some names have irregular plural forms as well:

• bue becomes buoi,
• uomo becomes uomini,
• dio becomes dei,
• tempio becomes templi