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Masculine and feminine nouns of foreign ori- autobus (m) autobus
gin are the same in the singular and plural. film (m) film
file (m) file
brioche (f) brioche
toilette (f) toilette
e-mail (f) e-mail

Nouns ending in -i are often feminine and ha - metropoli (f) metropoli
ve the same singular and plural form. tesi (f) tesi
crisi (f) crisi

Nouns with irregular plural forms

Some nouns are masculine singular (-o) and uovo (m) uova (f)
feminine plural (-a). lenzuolo (m) lenzuola (f)
This group includes nouns indicating parts dito (m) dita (f)
of the body. braccio (m) braccia (f)
ginocchio (m) ginocchia (f)

Careful!

mano (f) mani (f)

Some unusual nouns have a plural that is uomo (m) uomini
quite different to the singular. dio (m) dei
bue (m) buoi

Il Duomo, Milano

EXERCISES

2.1 Tick the correct box.

SINGULAR PLURAL
11. armadio
12. colleghe
13. ginocchio

14. pacco
15. operai
16. alberghi
17. programma
18. giornaliste 02. Nomi particolari
19. pioggia
10. psicologi

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