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Plural in Italian

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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
THE BOOK	lih broh	LİBRO		O LIVRO
THE BOOKS	lih brih	LİBRİ		OS LIVROS
THE NOTEBOOK	kou ah dehr noh	QUADERNO		O CADERNO
THE NOTEBOOKS	kou ah dehr nih	QUADERNİ		OS CADERNOS
THE DOG	kah neh	CANE		O CACHORRO
THE DOGS	kah nih	CANİ		OS CACHORROS

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Female names usually form the plural in (-e)

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE MOTHER	mah mah	MAMMA		A MÃE
THE MOTHERS	mah meh	MAMME		AS MÃES
THE PIZZA	pih tsah	PİZZA		A PIZZA
THE PIZZAS	pih tseh	PİZZE		AS PIZZAS
THE APPLE	meh lah	MELA		A MAÇÃ
THE APPLES	meh leh	MELE		AS MAÇAS
THE HAND	mah noh	MANO (exeption)		A MÃO
THE HANDS	mah nih	MANİ (exception)		AS MÃOS
THE PROBLEM	proh bleh mah	PROBLEMA (exeption)		O PROBLEMA
THE PROBLEMS	proh bleh mih	PROBLEMİ (exeption)		OS PROBLEMAS

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Exceptions in general

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE BANK	bahn kah	BANCA		O BANCO
THE BANKS	bahn keh	BANCHE		OS BANCOS
THE BENCH	pahn kah	PANCA		O BANCO DE SENTAR
THE BENCHES	pahn keh	PANCHE		OS BANCOS DE SENTAR
THE BEACH	spyah jah	SPİAGGİA (preceded by a consonant)		A PRAIA
THE BEACHES	spyah jeh	SPİAGGE (preceded by a consonant)		AS PRAIAS
THE DROP	goh chah	GOCCİA (preceded by a consonant)		A GOTA
THE DROPS	goh cheh	GOCCE (preceded by a consonant)		AS GOTAS
THE CHERRY	chih lyeh jah	CİLİEGİA (preceded by a vowel)		A CEREJA
THE CHERRIES	chih lyeh jeh	CİLİEGİE (preceded by a vowel)		AS CEREJAS
THE SHIRT	kah mih chah	CAMİCİA (preceded by a vowel)		A CAMISA
THE SHIRTS	kah mih cheh	CAMİCİE (preceded by a vowel)		AS CAMISAS
THE PHARMACY	fahr mah chyah	FARMACÌA
THE PHARMACIES	fahr mah chyeh	FARMACÌE
THE MAGIC	mah jyah	MAGÌA
THE MAGICS	mah jyeh	MAGÌE
THE FRIEND	ah mih koh	AMİCO
THE FRIENDS	ah mih chih	AMİCİ
THE DOCTOR	meh dih koh	MEDİCO
THE DOCTORS	meh dih chih	MEDİCİ
THE KHAKI	kah koh	CACO
THE KHAKI	kah kih	CACHİ
THE LAKE	lah goh	LAGO
THE LAKES	lah gih	LAGHİ

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No change in the words

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE FATHER	pah pah	PAPÀ
THE FATHERS	pah pah	PAPÀ
THE CITY	chiht tah	CİTTÀ
THE CITIES	chih tah	CİTTÀ
THE KING	reh	RE
THE KINGS	reh	RE
THE CRISIS	krih zih	CRİSİ
THE CRISIS	krih zih	CRİSİ

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Irregular form in the words

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE OX	bou eh	BUE
THE OXEN	bou oy	BUOİ
THE MAN	uo oh moh	UOMO
THE MEN	uo oh mih nih	UOMİNİ
THE GOD	dyoh	DİO
THE GODS	day	DEİ
THE TEMPLE	tehm pyoh	TEMPİO
THE TEMPLES	tehm plih	TEMPLİ