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Learning the Italian Plural displayed below is vital to the language. Italian Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers.
To form the plural of nouns and adjectives in Italian we add –i for the masculine and –e for the feminine.
Ex. NOUNS: il libro (the book) à i libri (the books); la mela (the apple) à le mele (the apples)
ADJECTIVES: bello (“beautiful”, referred to a male subject) à belli; bella (“beautiful”, referred to female subject) à belle
Notice: When the noun/adjective (being it feminine or masculine) ends with –e, the plural form is –i both for masculine and feminine.
Ex. NOUNS: il conte (the earl) à i conti (the earls); la fonte (the source) à le fonti (the
sources)
ADJECTIVES: interessante (“interesting”, both for male and female subjects) à interessanti
Here are some more examples:
| English Plural | Italian Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | Plurale |
| my book | il mio libro |
| my books | i miei libri |
| our daughter | nostra figlia |
| our daughters | le nostre figlie |
| I'm cold | Ho freddo |
| we're cold | abbiamo freddo |
| his chickens | i suoi polli |
| their chicken | i loro polli |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Italian has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Italian.
While in English, the plural is formed by adding (s) to the singular. In Italian, to form the plural of nouns and adjectives we change the final vowel of the words according to the gender and the number. Here are some examples:
Un amico (a friend) becomes: alcuni amici (some friends)
Una donna (one woman) becomes: alcune donne (some women)
Questa è la mia auto rossa (this is my red car) becomes: Queste sono le mie auto rosse (these are my red cars)
There are some exceptions both for nouns and for adjectives, e.g. “auto” has no plural.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Italian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Italian vocabulary.
| English Plural | Italian Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | alligatore |
| alligators | alligatori |
| bear | orso |
| bears | orsi |
| bird | uccello |
| birds | uccelli |
| bull | toro |
| bulls | tori |
| cat | gatto |
| cats | gatti |
| cow | mucca |
| cows | mucche |
| deer | cervo |
| many deer | molti cervi |
| dog | cane |
| dogs | cani |
| donkey | asino |
| donkeys | asini |
| eagle | aquila |
| eagles | aquile |
| elephant | elefante |
| elephants | elefanti |
| giraffe | giraffa |
| giraffes | giraffe |
| goat | capra |
| goats | capre |
| horse | cavallo |
| horses | cavalli |
| lion | leone |
| lions | leoni |
| monkey | scimmia |
| monkeys | scimmie |
| mouse | topo |
| mice | topi |
| rabbit | coniglio |
| rabbits | conigli |
| snake | serpente |
| snakes | serpenti |
| tiger | tigre |
| tigers | tigri |
| wolf | lupo |
| wolves | lupi |
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