Lezione 1A Flashcards

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What are the plural endings for nouns?

Maschile, O
Feminine, A
Both, E

A

I
E
I

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Nouns ending in -ore are ?gender?, and words ending in -ione are ?gender?

Dottore,
Lezione,
Stazione,
Televisione,

Extra:
Autobus
Computer

A

Maschile, feminine

Doctor, m
Lesson, f
Station, f
Television, f
Bus, m
Computer, m
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In the plural, you add this letter to maintain the hard c or g sound.

Albergo
Amica

A

Alberghi, hotels

Amiche, friends, f

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Which types of nouns do not change from singular to plural?

Foto
Caffé

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Shortened nouns,
Nouns ending in a consonant,
“ “ “ ending in an accented vowel

Photo
Coffee

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The definite articles:

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Maschile:

Singular.                           Plural
L' ---------------------------- gli
   Word starts with vowel
Lo --------------------------- gli
   Z and s + consonant
il ----------------------------- i
   Other consonants

Feminine:

Singular.                           Plural
l' --------------------------- le
    Starts with a vowel
La -------------------------- le 
    A consonant
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Indefinite articles:

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Maschile:
Un
For a word beginning with a vowel and most cons.s

Uno
Words beginning with z or s + cons.

Feminine:
Un’
Words that start with a vowel

Una
Words that start with a cons.

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~There is/is there? and there are/are there?
~ how many? (m/f, use ci sono at end of question)
~ Many (m/f)
~ ___ c’e/ci sono (make negative)

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~ C'è e ci sono
    ~ C'è una sedi?
       C'è un cane in biblioteca
    ~ Ci sono tre sedie.
       Ci sono libri d'italiano?
~ Quanti e quante
     ~ Quanti studenti ci sono? 
     ~ Quante matite ci sono?
~ Molti/Molte
     ~ ci sono molti studenti
     ~ ci sono molte matite
~ non
     ~ Non ci sono molti alberghi.
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~ There are (bringing attention to something, ie pointing at it)

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Ecco

“Ecco i professori”
Here/there ARE the professorS.
“Ecco il dizionario”
Here/there IS the dictionary.

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