Page 12 - Via della Grammatica for English speakers, edizioni Edilingua

2. I nomi plurale irregolare_EN:2. I nomi plurale irregolare 15/4/2011 5:13 ìì Page 12

02. Nomi particolari

But the plural of nouns of more than two nemico (m) nemici
syllables ending in -co and -go is -ci and -gi asparago (m) asparagi
if -co and -go are preceded by a vowel. medico (m) medici

Important! Careful!

As you can see, there are many exceptions carico (m) carichi
to this rule. If in doubt, look up the noun in obbligo (m) obblighi
your dictionary.

The plural of nouns ending in -logo is -logi if psicologo (m) psicologi
they refer to people. radiologo (m) radiologi

The plural of other nouns ending in -logo is catalogo (m) cataloghi
-loghi if they refer to things. dialogo (m) dialoghi

The plural of masculine nouns ending in -io figlio (m) figli
is -i, but when the -i is stressed the plural is occhio (m) occhi
-ii. bacio (m) baci
zio (m) zii

Invariable nouns

Nouns ending in -à, -è and -ù have the sa - città (f) città
me singular and plural form. università (f) università
caffè (m) caffè
tè (m) tè
gioventù (f) gioventù
tribù (f) tribù
menù (m) menù
ragù (m) ragù

Some nouns ending in -o have the same sin- video (m) video
gular and plural form. These are often abbre- stereo (m) stereo
viations. moto(cicletta) (f) moto
auto(mobile) (f) auto
radio(fonia) (f) radio
foto(grafia) (f) foto
frigo(rifero) (m) frigo

Many nouns ending in -ie are feminine and serie (f) serie
have the same singular and plural form. specie (f) specie

Careful!

moglie (f) mogli

12 edizioni Edilingua