Significance/Meaning: Nella italiano, tutti i nomi – sostantivi and aggettivi - hanno un genere (femminile F. the maschile M.) and a number (plural P. the singular S.). / In the Italian language, all names – nouns and adjectives – have a gender (female F. or male M.) and a number (plural P. or singular S.).
Osservassione/Observation: Tutti i sostantivi e aggettivi italiani finiscono in vocale./ All Italian nouns and adjectives end in a vowel.
A) In genere: / In general:
Nomi che finiscono in -a (FEMMINILE - F.) / Names ending in -a (FEMALE - F.)
Nomi che finiscono in - o (MASCHILE - M.) / Names ending in -o (MALE - M.)
Esempi/Examples:
1) Bambino (M. s.) / Boy (M. S.)
2 way (F. S.) / Road (F. S.)
B) Ci sono anche I named the finiscono in –e, allora is almost impossible to know if sono maschili or femminili. Perciò it is necessary to indicate il suo genere./ There are also some names that end in -e, so it is almost impossible to know whether they are masculine or feminine. Therefore it is necessary to indicate your gender.
Esempi/Examples:
1) Bridge: femminile the maschile? / Bridge: female or male?
- Maschile./ Male.
2) Canzone: femminile o maschile?/ Song: female or male?
- Femminile./ Female.
TABLE OF SINGOLARE AND PLURALE / TABLE OF SINGULAR AND PLURAL
| SINGOLARE | PLURALE | |
| MASCHILE | -O | -i |
| -and | -i | |
| FEMALE | -The | -and |
| -and | -i |
Osservassione/Observation: If you want to know if you want to join and femminile the maschile behind your determinative article. Osserva delle parole sotto ed una piccola south list questi articoli. / You can also know if a word is feminine or masculine through its specific article. Note a few words below and a short list about these articles.
TABLE DEGLI ARTICOLI DITERMINATIVI / TABLE OF DETERMINED ARTICLES
| SINGOLARE | PLURALE | |
| Il | I | |
| MASCHILE | L’* | I |
| Lo ** | Gli *** | |
| FEMALE | There | Le |
| there * | Le |
* If you use there davanti alle parole iniziate con vocale (a, e, i, o, u), siano parole maschili o femminili. there in front of words beginning with vowels (a, e, i, o, u), whether masculine or feminine words.
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** If you use it per nomi maschili davanti to: Z, Y, PS, GN, S+ CONSONANT, PN (modern Italian, if you prefer l'articolo il: pneumograph). / used it for male names in front of: Z, Y, PS, GN, S + CONSONANT, PN (in modern Italian, if you prefer the article il: pneumograph).
*** If you use a letter gli per la parola plurale maschile di there and it./ Use the article gli for the plural masculine word.
LISTINO DELLE PAROLE / SMALL LIST OF WORDS
| M. S. | M. P. |
| Il book | i libri |
| therealbero | i alberi |
| Lo spazio | gli spazi |
| F. S. | F. P. |
| There Donna | read donnand |
| thereamica | read amichand |
Isabela Reis de Paula
Brazil School Collaborator
Graduated in Languages with Qualification in Portuguese and Italian
By the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Italian - Brazil School
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
PAULA, Isabela Reis de. "I name: number and genere"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/italiano/i-nomi-numero-genereos.htm. Accessed on June 29, 2021.
