NOUNS ARE PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS. SOOO... THERE IS MORE TO THAT THAN YOU THINK!!!

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1 NOUNS ARE PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS. SOOO... THERE IS MORE TO THAT THAN YOU THINK!!!

2 Nouns in Italian come from Latin and Nouns in Latin have Gender and Number La ragazza romana Il ragazzo romano

3 Gender Gender simply means that the noun is either masculine or feminine. Some masculine nouns in Italian are: Il gatto Il pane

4 Some nouns are feminine. La famiglia e’ piccola. La donna scia sulla montagna.

5 Nouns that end in –o and in -a **Most nouns that end in –o are masculine ** Most nouns that end in –a are feminine Nouns that end in –e are either masculine or feminine. In this case you cannot tell the gender which means that you must MEMORIZE the word.

6 Things to remember A. Nouns that end in -ione (like televizione / informazione) are usually feminine ** B. Nouns that end in a consonant like hamburger and bar are usually masculine

7 Number Number simply means whether the person, place or thing is one or more than one. I ragazzi giocano giro tondo.

8 Avanti Workbook: Pagina 321 – complete A Pagina 9 - complete A & B

9 Articoli determinativi- in English it is “the” but in Italian it takes the following forms: il Masculine- singular l’ lo Feminine - singular la l’

10 Plurale Masculine- Ii Gli Feminine le

11 Adesso toca a te!!! 1.________ padre insegna __________ corso. 2. _______ donna lavora in biblioteca. 3. ________ studente e’ ______ fratello di Maria. 4. _______Stato di New York e’ al nord ovest degli Stati Uniti. 5. _______ professori sono molto bravi. 6. _______ bambine giocano a giro tondo. 7. ______ studenti sono nella classe d’italiano.