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6 Plural Nouns
Hello and welcome back for Part 8.6 of the Rocket Italian Premium Plus Language and Culture series.
Youve already completed Rocket Italian Premium, and now you want to learn more about the Italian Language? Well, youre in the
right place!
These lessons are designed in a similar format to those you have already completed. In each one, you can expect to find a detailed
explanation of a new grammatical concept, with plenty of examples. Youll also come across a culture section in each lesson, designed
to equip you with some local knowledge about Italy.
Todays focus is plural nouns. In Rocket Italian Premium, you learned a host of new Italian nouns. Most of these nouns were singular.
For instance: cat , bike, television . But what about when you want to refer to more than one of these items?Cats, bikes, televisions ...
These are plural nouns.
Plural Nouns
Learning the plural of Italian nouns is very easy! Sometimes the noun does not even need to change in order to become plural, and
other times there is a small change.
i pantaloni
the trousers
le forbici
the scissors
gli occhiali
the spectacles
le posate
the cutlery
le nozze
the wedding
le stoviglie
the dishes
i dintorni
the surroundings
Gli occhiali - Spectacles
Some nouns simply don't change, whether you are referring to one (singular) or many (plural) only the article in front must change!
For example:
la moto / le moto
the bike / the bikes
la radio / le radio
the radio / the radios
la foto / le foto
the picture / the pictures
l'auto / le auto
the car / the cars
la bici / le bici
the bicycle / the bicycles
il t / i t
the tea/ the teas
la serie / le serie
the series / the series
Nouns that finish with an accented vowel do not change:
Il t (singular) i t (plural)
Le amiche
Girlfriends
Il parco
Park
I parchi
Parks
Il collega
Colleague
I colleghi
Colleagues
Il lago
Lake
I laghi
Lakes
La giacca
Jacket
Le giacche
Jackets
Lo zio
Uncle
Gli zii
Uncles
Il ronzio
Buzz
I ronzii
Buzzes
Feminine nouns ending in -cia and -gia
Feminine nouns ending in -cia and -gia usually swap -ia in -e. Per esempio:
La doccia
Shower
Le docce
Showers
La pioggia
Rain
Le piogge
Rains
If the masculine singular noun ends with -o, -a, -e change the last letter for an i
If the feminine singular noun ends with -e change the last letter for an i
If the feminine singular noun ends with -a change the last letter for an e
il divano / i divani
the couch / the couches
il ciclista / i ciclisti
the cyclist / the cyclists
il motore / i motori
the motor / the motors
il fiore / i fiori
the flower / the flowers
il ristorante / i ristoranti
the restaurant / the restaurants
la statua / le statue
the statue/statues
la camera / le camere
the room / the rooms
la conchiglia / le conchiglie
the shell / the shells
la casa / le case
the house / the houses
la donna / le donne
the woman / the women
la giacca / le giacche
the jacket / the jackets
Not difficult at all! Now well review the conversation Maria and Roberto had about their weekend activities. She told him that she had
a couple of days off by the seaside: let's take a look at singular and plural nouns in this conversation.
Vocabulary
Le ferie
the holidays
Il mare
the sea/seaside
La montagna
the mountains
Al lago
at the lake
In campagna
to the countryside
Gli ombrelloni
the beach umbrellas
Le sedie a sdraio
the deck chairs
Prendere il sole
to sunbathe
La maschera
the mask
Nuotare
to swim
Dormire
to sleep
Pescare
to fish
Il boccaglio
the snorkel
L'alpinismo
climbing
Fare trekking
to do trekking
Una scampagnata
a trip to the countryside
Il giorno di riposo
the day off
Prendere ferie
to take holidays
Un giro in bicicletta
a ride by bike
Il giardinaggio
the gardening
La lettura
the reading
Mare o Montagna?
In Italy weekends are sacri, sacred! Most Italians are very busy working during the week, so the weekend is a special time to relax.
In winter more time is devoted to family bonding - often over sumptuous Italian cuisine! Winter also signals the arrival of the soccer
season, and Italians love their soccer! Fanatical supporters of the game can be found at the stadium on every Sunday. Summer time is
all about escaping to the beach for a day of sunbathing, or perhaps to the mountains for a walk, and a visit to the local restaurant.
Family Time
No matter what the weather, there's always a park for a picnic, some shopping to do, or a caf to slowly sip an aperitivo (a drink
before dinner)! Of course being in such close proximity to the rest of Europe, when Italians want a little more adventure they can
easily pop over to visit one of the many beautiful neighbouring countries!
Eccoci! That's all for first lesson. Next time you can look forward to improving your vocabulary with the use of partitive articles.
Maria DiLorenzi
Rocket Italian
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