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Mar 2022
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Italian Grammar #4 - Nouns and Genders. ...

Italian Beginners
About this episode

Ciao!

In this episode we'll look at the two genders for Italian nouns, and the three different endings "o", "a" and "e".

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In general, "o" is for masculine and "-a" is for feminine:

il libro

il ragazzo

la casa

la chitarra

If a noun ends on "-e", it could be either feminine or masculine:

il fiume

il nome

la notte

la luce

And some nouns on "-e" depends on the gender of the person it describes, for example:

il cliente or la cliente = the customer/client

il parente or la parente = the relative

and you can guess for "cantante" - meaning singer!


So now you know how to find the gender of a noun, and when to look it up (most of the "-e" nouns).

Excellent work!

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