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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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