La Bella Figura – Experience Italian Culture Lesson Material, Level 2
LEZIONE 4 – UNIT 4 Topics: plural of nouns; definite articles (plural forms); noun-adjective agreement. Activities: reading; pronunciation; language comprehension. Conversation A page 27
Il plurale dei nomi – Plural forms of Nouns The words ending with the letters listed in the first column of the table (singolare) will do the plural changing the last vowel into the one listed in the second column (plurale) . Singolare Plurale Esempi -o
-i
-e
-i
-a
-e
-à,-ù,-ì,-è, -ò
Does not change
Consonant
Does not change
-i
Does not change
Eccezioni –exceptions:
Exercise 1 – Singolare o plurale? Are these nous singular or plural? Put the correct form of the definite article in front of them (il, lo, l’, la, I, gli, le). Sometimes more than one article is possible. denti
insegnante
crisi
famiglia
treni
sport
topo
chiese
penna
gatto
caffé
studenti
idee
vino
mano
animali
giornali
case
capelli
università
città
vestito
camere
Rule: use what you’ve learnt in the previous exercise to reconstruct the rule and insert in the table the plural forms of the definite articles (i, gli, le). DEFINITE ARTICLES (they also have singular forms) Noun begins with
Other consonant
Plural M
F
Examples
Vowel
1.
Z or S+consonant
2. 3.
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