1. Learn Italian Beginners (A1): Masculine and feminine

1. Learn Italian Beginners (A1): Masculine and feminine

This is our booklet about Italian nouns:

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Tutti i sostantivi in italiano hanno un genere (maschile o femminile) e un numero (singolare o plurale).
Al singolare generalmente:
- i sostantivi che finiscono in “-o” sono maschili (es. il tavolo, il libro)
- i sostantivi che finiscono in “-a” sono femminili (es. la matita, la tazza)
- i sostantivi che finiscono in “-e” a volte sono maschili (es. il cane, il pesce) e a volte sono femminili (es. la chiave, la carne). Esistono eccezioni a questa regola: ci sono sostantivi maschili singolari che finiscono in “-a” (es. il problema, il sistema) e sostantivi femminili singolari che finiscono in “-o” (es. la mano).
Questa è solo la regola di base, ci sono anche altre regole che vedremo in video di livello più alto. Rimanete con noi! Consiglio: per sapere con più certezza se un sostantivo è maschile o femminile controllate l’articolo (la carne, la mano, il pesce).
Potete usare i nostri video anche per imparare nuove parole. Scrivete le parole che incontrate di volta in volta e il vostro lessico diventerà sempre più ricco!

In Italian all nouns have a gender (masculine or feminine) and a number (singular or plural).
In the singular form, generally (but not always):
- nouns ending in “-o” are masculine (e.g. il tavolo = the table, il libro = the book)
- nouns ending in “-a” are feminine (e.g. la matita = the pencil, la tazza = the cup)
- nouns ending in “-e” are sometimes masculine (e.g. il cane = the dog, il pesce = the fish) and sometimes feminine (e.g. la chiave = the key, la carne = the meat).
There are exceptions to this rule: some masculine singular nouns end in “-a” (e.g. il problema = the problem, il sistema = the system) and some feminine singular nouns end in “-o” (e.g. la mano = the hand).
This is the basic rule to start with, there are other rules that we’ll see in more advanced videos. Stay with us!
Top tip: to be sure if a noun is masculine or feminine, look at the article (la carne, la mano, il pesce).
You can also use our videos to learn new vocabulary. Write down the words as you see them to build your vocabulary.

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La Chiave is femmine because it has ‘La’ before the noun so ‘la’ determines the feminine when the noun ends with ‘o’ or ‘e’ and ‘il’ before the noun refers to the masculine

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