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The gender of nouns

The gender of nouns. Masculine Masculine or Feminine Feminine - O - E - A libro scaffale (m) parete (f) matita. Com’è ?. In Italian you use the masculine form of an adjective to describe a male and the feminine form to describe a female.

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The gender of nouns

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  1. The gender of nouns Masculine Masculine or Feminine Feminine - O - E - A libroscaffale (m) parete (f) matita

  2. Com’è? In Italian you use the masculine form of an adjective to describe a male and the feminine form to describe a female. Elena è alta. Giorgio è alto. Adjectives ending in –e describe feminine and masculine nouns. The last letter does not change. Dario è intelligente. Angela è intelligente.

  3. Chedomande! In Italian you can make a question by simply putting a question mark at the end of your sentence. Giorgio è simpatico. Giorgio è simpatico? When you are speaking Italian you make it clear that you are asking a question by using a questioning tone of voice. Barbara è pronta? Seipronta, Barbara?

  4. Molto In Italian the word for very is molto. It doesn’t change like the adjectives do. Giorgio è moltosportivo. Lidia è moltosportiva. Giorgio è molto forte. Lidia è moltoforte.

  5. Mi piace This is how to talk about liking or not liking a person. Mi piaceAntonella. Ti piaceAntonella? Ti piace Giorgio? No, non mi piace Giorgio. Si, mi piace Giorgio. This is how to talk about liking or not liking a thing. Ti piaceil basket? No, non mi piace lo sport. Mi piace la scuola. Ti piacel’italiano? Notice that in Italian you use the word for ‘the’ with the thing you like.

  6. Mascile e feminile Italian nouns are divided into two basic groups: ilwords and la words. Il words are called masculine, la words are called feminine. MasculineFeminine Il diario = the diary la gomma = the eraser Il libro = the book la riga = the ruler Il nome = the name la classe = the class Most masculine nouns end in – o, but there are many that end in –e. Most feminine nouns end in –a, but there are many that end in –e.

  7. Before Italian nouns starting with a vowel il and la change to l’. Masculine Feminine L’astuccio = the pencil case l’amica = the friend L’amico = the friend l’atletica = (the )athletics If a masculine noun starts with z or s+ consonant, ilchanges to lo. Lo zaino = the backpack Lo sport = (the) sport

  8. Mio e tuo With a masculine noun you use ilmio(‘my’) and iltuo (‘your’). With a feminine noun you use la mia(‘my’) and la tua ( ‘your’). You do not have to worry about what letter the noun starts with. Questo è ilmioamico Giorgio. Dov’èiltuozaino? Questa è la miaclasse. Eccola tuaamica!

  9. ESSERE = to be iosono = I am tusei = you are luiè = he is lei è = she is You do not have to use the pronouns io, tu, lui or lei. Sono molto intelligente. Seipronta, Barbara. È simpatico. È simpatica. You use the pronouns when you want to emphasize ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’, or ‘she’. Io non sonobrutto, tuseibrutta. Anchelui è in ritardo.

  10. As well as ‘he is’ and ‘she is’ , è means also ‘it is’. La tuamatita? È qui. ( Your pencil? It is here.) Most often è means simply is. La signora Polliè molto severa. ESSERE … o non ESSERE To say that someone or something is not … put non in front of sono, sei, è. Nonsono molto bravo. Nonsei pronto? Il tuozainonon è qui.

  11. Di chi è? To say who owns what in Italian you need the word di. Ecco lo zainodiBianca Diamoinumeri 10 dieci 20 venti 30 trenta 40 quaranta 50 cinquanta 60 sessanta 70 settanta 80 ottanta 90 novanta 100 cento 1000 mille 2000 duemila 3000 tremila 10 000 diecimila

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