Belajar Bahasa Italia Pemula I

Grammatica I.

Name for differentiate Genere/Gender/sex (Feminine or Masculine)
and Numero (Singular and Plural)

A. In Italian, name of words are feminine or masculine.

1. Masculine usually will be ended with vocal “O” but not always because it can be ended with “E” or “A” (Rare)

Esempio: IL Pranzo (Lunch), IL Vino (The Wine)

IL Cinema (The Cinema), IL Papa, IL Pane

2. Feminine usually will be ended with vocal “A” also sometimes will be ended with “O” (Rare)

Esempio: La Cena ( Dinner), La Acqua (The Water)

La Mano (Hand), La Foto (Photo), La Radio
NB: Open your dictionary for know the Gender (Sex) name of the word.

*). The name of words that ended with “E” usually or majority is Masculine but sometimes is feminine (Open for dictionary to give some vocabulary).

NB: Some feminine words usually ended with “-Ione” although in “-Sione” or “-Zione” because both of them is “-Ione” form.

Esempio: * Masculine : IL Latte (The Milk), IL Pane (The Bread)
* Feminine : La Carne (The Meat), La Notte (Night), La Colazione (Breakfast),
La Televisione (The Television)

*). Name of words that come from foreigner language (English) usually is Masculine.
Esempio: IL Sport, IL Yogurt, IL Computer, IL Bar

B. Numero (Singular and Plural)

NB: - Masculine : 1. When Singular word ended with “O” ----> The Plural is “i”
2. When Singular word ended with “-io” -----> The Plural is “i”
3. When Singular word ended with “-a” ------> The Plural is “-i”
4. When Sngular word ended with “-co” & “-go” -->The Plural is “-chi” &“-ghi”
But when they meet with (Vocal + “-co” & “-go”) --> Plural “-ci” & “-gi”

- Feminine : 1. When Singular word ended with “-a” ----> The Plural is “-e”
2. When Sngular word ended with “-ca” & “-ga” -->The Plural is“-che”& “-ghe”
- Both of Them: 1. When Sngular word ended with “-e” ---> The Plural is “-i”
2. When sngular word ended with:
* (Consonant + “-cia” “-gia”) --> Plural “-ce” “-ge”.
* (Vowel/Vocal + “-cia” “-gia”) --> Plural “-cie” “-gie”
3. When Singular word is foreigner or ended with vocal Accento --> Plural form is
same with the singular (Not Change)

Esempio:

Genere	Singulare	Plurale
Masculine Feminine Both Of Them	Pranzo Orologio Problema Parco amico Albergo Biologo Cena Amica Paga Padre Arancia Pioggia Farmacia Ciliegia Allergia Sport Yogurt Citta' (Accento “a”)	Pranzi Orologi Problemi Parchi Amici Alberghi Biologi Cene Amiche Paghe Padri Arance Piogge Farmacie Ciliegie Allergie Sport Yogurt Citta' (Accento “a”)

This Articles has written by Wisnu Hartanto
source: - Grammatica In Contesto – Strutture e temi di Italiano Per Stranieri by Fabia Gatti, Stella Peyronel Loescher
- Another Sources

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