Language/Italian/Grammar/Plural

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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨PLURAL¨ in Italian

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Some words for the Plural in Italian

Male names usually form the plural in (-i)

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE BOOK	lih broh	LİBRO	lí bro	O LIVRO
THE BOOKS	lih brih	LİBRİ	lí bri	OS LIVROS
THE NOTEBOOK	kou ah dehr noh	QUADERNO	kúa der no	O CADERNO
THE NOTEBOOKS	kou ah dehr nih	QUADERNİ	kúa der ni	OS CADERNOS
THE DOG	kah neh	CANE	ká ne	O CACHORRO
THE DOGS	kah nih	CANİ	ká ni	OS CACHORROS

Female names usually form the plural in (-e)

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE MOTHER	mah mah	MAMMA	ma má	A MÃE
THE MOTHERS	mah meh	MAMME	ma mé	AS MÃES
THE PIZZA	pih tsah	PİZZA	pí tsa	A PIZZA
THE PIZZAS	pih tseh	PİZZE	pí tse	AS PIZZAS
THE APPLE	meh lah	MELA	mé la	A MAÇÃ
THE APPLES	meh leh	MELE	mé le	AS MAÇAS
THE HAND	mah noh	MANO (exeption)	má no	A MÃO
THE HANDS	mah nih	MANİ (exception)	má ni	AS MÃOS
THE PROBLEM	proh bleh mah	PROBLEMA (exeption)	pro blé ma	O PROBLEMA
THE PROBLEMS	proh bleh mih	PROBLEMİ (exeption)	pro blé mi	OS PROBLEMAS

Exceptions in general

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE BANK	bahn kah	BANCA	bán ka	O BANCO
THE BANKS	bahn keh	BANCHE	bán ke	OS BANCOS
THE BENCH	pahn kah	PANCA	pán ka	O BANCO DE SENTAR
THE BENCHES	pahn keh	PANCHE	pán ke	OS BANCOS DE SENTAR
THE BEACH	spyah jah	SPİAGGİA (preceded by a consonant)	spiá dja	A PRAIA
THE BEACHES	spyah jeh	SPİAGGE (preceded by a consonant)	spía dje	AS PRAIAS
THE DROP	goh chah	GOCCİA (preceded by a consonant)	go tchía	A GOTA
THE DROPS	goh cheh	GOCCE (preceded by a consonant)	go tche	AS GOTAS
THE CHERRY	chih lyeh jah	CİLİEGİA (preceded by a vowel)	tchi líe djia	A CEREJA
THE CHERRIES	chih lyeh jeh	CİLİEGİE (preceded by a vowel)	chi líe djie	AS CEREJAS
THE SHIRT	kah mih chah	CAMİCİA (preceded by a vowel)	ka mí tchia	A CAMISA
THE SHIRTS	kah mih cheh	CAMİCİE (preceded by a vowel)	ka mí tchie	AS CAMISAS
THE PHARMACY	fahr mah chyah	FARMACÌA	far ma tchía	A FARMÁCIA
THE PHARMACIES	fahr mah chyeh	FARMACÌE	far ma tchíe	AS FARMÁCIAS
THE MAGIC	mah jyah	MAGÌA	ma djía	A MAGIA
THE MAGICS	mah jyeh	MAGÌE	ma djíe	AS MAGIAS
THE FRIEND	ah mih koh	AMİCO	a mí ko	O AMIGO
THE FRIENDS	ah mih chih	AMİCİ	a mí tchi	OS AMIGOS
THE DOCTOR	meh dih koh	MEDİCO	mé di ko	O DOUTOR
THE DOCTORS	meh dih chih	MEDİCİ	mé di tchi	OS DOUTORES
THE KHAKI	kah koh	CACO	ká ko	O CAQUÍ
THE KHAKI	kah kih	CACHİ	ká ki	OS CAQUÍS
THE LAKE	lah goh	LAGO	lá go	O LAGO
THE LAKES	lah gih	LAGHİ	lá gui	OS LAGOS

No change in the words

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE FATHER	pah pah	PAPÀ	pa pá	O PAI
THE FATHERS	pah pah	PAPÀ	pa pá	OS PAIS
THE CITY	chiht tah	CİTTÀ	tchit tá	A CIDADE
THE CITIES	chih tah	CİTTÀ	tchit tá	AS CIDADES
THE KING	reh	RE	re	O REI
THE KINGS	reh	RE	re	OS REIS
THE CRISIS	krih zih	CRİSİ	krí zi	A CRISE
THE CRISIS	krih zih	CRİSİ	krí zi	AS CRISES

Irregular form in the words

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THE OX	bou eh	BUE	buê	O BOI
THE OXEN	bou oy	BUOİ	buôi	OS BOIS
THE MAN	uo oh moh	UOMO	uó mo	O HOMEM
THE MEN	uo oh mih nih	UOMİNİ	uó mi ni	OS HOMENS
THE GOD	dyoh	DİO	dío	O DEUS
THE GODS	day	DEİ	dêi	OS DEUSES
THE TEMPLE	tehm pyoh	TEMPİO	tém pio	O TEMPLO
THE TEMPLES	tehm plih	TEMPLİ	tém pli	OS TEMPLOS

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