Italian Plural Nouns and Their Exceptions
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6 жыл бұрынIn English, pluralizing nouns is easy. We usually just add the letter S. Apple, apples. No sweat! In Italian it's a little trickier, but there are just a few rules to learn and follow, so let's get through them!
Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College.
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@smittenkitten9819 4 жыл бұрын
I'm studying plurals in my college course. This was very helpful. I watched it a few times. Many thanks!
@adambooyat8121 2 жыл бұрын
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@leesneackers8000 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a native spanish speaker, the second lenguage I learned was English, and now I'm starting to learn Italian, in the beggining was kind of hard for me, even though spanish is kind of similar to Italian, and I was about to give up, but I've just found this channel and your videos are making it easier for me to learn, thank you so much
@tristanroeven9600 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making my 3 weeks in quarantine in Italy still a bit useful in terms of learning Italian. Can't wait until Coronavirus is gone and I can put these things in practice :P
@munisahmed 3 жыл бұрын
7:03 I don't know why I laughed so hard at this
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@walterfitzroy4718 3 жыл бұрын
im studying italian for the first time in college as a 2nd language besides french thank you so much this was so helpful
@soobpl 6 жыл бұрын
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lol
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As a person who already knows some romance languages YES IT AIN'T EASY AT ALL
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@EllieMirrored 2 жыл бұрын
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@MrTigritoo 5 жыл бұрын
This is amazing, thanks
@gethnoble4316 Жыл бұрын
Molto utile per me, grazie mille!
@atakanyesil7690 4 жыл бұрын
how do i know if the last syllable is stressed or not so as to decide how the word will change by pluralizing
@atakanyesil7690 2 жыл бұрын
@@francescagilman2934 thanks!
@fairytalesbyrahaf8004 3 жыл бұрын
thank you
@kevalvekariya2482 6 жыл бұрын
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@harshanaranjeewapanangamuw8379 3 жыл бұрын
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@cbsteffen Ай бұрын
Regarding the potential for the change of sound, I think the plural ending is either based on the purpose of the “i” after “c” or “g” or whether the penultimate, stressed syllable is open or closed. I think the “-io” or “-ia” is dropped from the singular and therefore simply replaced by “-i” or “-e” respectively if the “i” is just supposed to make the “c” or “g” soft rather than officially be pronounced or if the penultimate syllable is open or has a consonant cluster that is supposed to make that syllable closed but might make the syllable seem open when the noun is singular. As for the general irregularities, I don’t think Italian ever ends a noun in “-mino” or “-mina,” and I know that the nouns with a masculine singular ending when singular and feminine singular ending when plural are neuter nouns.
@theophonchana6307 5 жыл бұрын
supermercato > supermercati borsa > borse tortellino > tortellini mosca > mosche allergia > allergie stadio > stadi lunedì > lunedì formica > formiche bar > bar
@Rez949 8 ай бұрын
Following those rules - How does a-MI-co become amici? Is this an exception?
@ogeidnomar4601 4 жыл бұрын
What about the masculine words that end in -ma like problema=problemi and words that have one form in singular but 2 in the plural like collega= colleghi, colleghe. Are there any other plural.
@eltonea8250 4 жыл бұрын
As he said, masculine nouns change to i when plural. So problema, which is masculine, becomes problemi. The same happens with collega, if it's a male collega put the i ending, if it's a female collega put the e.
@harshanihemachandra9779 4 жыл бұрын
Superb
@perzysanogar6042 6 жыл бұрын
hahahah bugia e bugie XD thanks for this. I am a chemistry student at the university while also a linguaphile, Romance languages being my favorite!
@marcogray4776 5 жыл бұрын
Grazie mille! Adesso tutto e’ chiaro....finalmente! Sei il miglior!
@porculizador 5 жыл бұрын
un essempio di una bugia? lol
@porculizador 5 жыл бұрын
satvo solo scherzando! imparo molto con i tuoi video.
@samstruyven8523 6 жыл бұрын
Quanto sei bravo!
@lanebeckstrom8654 Жыл бұрын
love this video thank you so much Dave. my only thought was that it might be nice if the definite articles were included with all the vocabulary as it's nice to learn those together. thank you again!
@ProfessorDaveExplains Жыл бұрын
That has its own tutorial. I like everything to be very searchable.
@orlandobritany4944 2 жыл бұрын
Please bring more ltalian lessons with the animated setup
@Qmwnebs 5 жыл бұрын
Some more irregular ones that also Italians get wrong sometimes: Dio (god/God) --> dei Tempio (temple) --> templi Bue (cattle) --> buoi Mio (my/mine [masculine]) --> miei Belga (Belgian) --> belgi Ala (wing) --> ali Arma (weapon) --> armi Ciglio (eyelash) --> ciglia
@iamabearofficial7904 2 жыл бұрын
Un lenzuolo diventa anche le lenzuola
@tic-tacdrin-drinn1505 8 ай бұрын
only when they are together... unpaired are lenzuoli@@iamabearofficial7904
@allstarsusa 5 ай бұрын
GRAZIE MOLTO BENE
@schifoso 6 жыл бұрын
There are often the cases for numbering in languages. Singular, plural, and nothing. Or zero, one, and more than one.
@orlandobritany4944 2 жыл бұрын
It's easier and more fun!
@graciettecardoso2085 4 жыл бұрын
Grazie . The plural of valigia is valige or valigie?? Sorry for my english i speak portuguese .
@eltonea8250 4 жыл бұрын
Valige
@janeyre82 4 жыл бұрын
Here the rule actually says that the "i" is maintained in nouns ending in CIA or GIA only when the "c/g" is preceded by a vowel, so it should be VALIGIA --> VALIGIE CAMICIA --> CAMICIE but ARANCIA --> ARANCE ANGOSCIA --> ANGOSCE Nonetheless, some plurals are accepted even without the "i", and VALIGE is one of them.
@NickRyanBayon 5 жыл бұрын
omg i'm confused as fuck still i'ma have to review this, knowing spanish italian is sort of similar but the plurals is throwing me for a loop
@pranjalibhadkaria4480 2 жыл бұрын
I dont get it how to identify that the letters before co, ia, io are stressed or not
@miao7002 Жыл бұрын
me. neither did you figure it out?
@evapixel7222 3 жыл бұрын
But how would we know if the ia or io is stressed or not
@evapixel7222 2 жыл бұрын
@@francescagilman2934 thank you soooo much
@ginagidaro 4 жыл бұрын
What is a penultimate....?
@ProfessorDaveExplains 4 жыл бұрын
second to last
@bumboweirdonai8211 4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Prof. Dave made this vid 2 yrs ago and he’s still commenting
@bornlast6592 Жыл бұрын
Am confused in the last part
@russellsharpe288 5 жыл бұрын
It's not quite accurate to say (1:03) "if a noun ends in -a the plural will end in -e. These are usually feminine nouns", is it? It is misleading because masculine nouns ending -a form their plural with -i. To form the plural you have to know the gender, not just the ending of the singular form. It would be better to say that feminine nouns ending in -a have a plural ending in -e (and that masculine nouns form their plural with -i). With the various exceptions and caveats that you then go on to mention.
@lorekeeper685 6 жыл бұрын
Oh cool
@theophonchana5025 Жыл бұрын
#irregular_noun #irregular_plural #invariable_noun
@mikhailsobol3895 5 жыл бұрын
My inner Jordan Schlansky is getting awakened
@theophonchana6307 5 жыл бұрын
Why the plural of amico is amici?
@ProfessorDaveExplains 5 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what you're asking.
@porculizador 5 жыл бұрын
@@ProfessorDaveExplains i think he means why amichi isn't the plural of amico(?)
@janeyre82 4 жыл бұрын
They're just exceptions to the rule: amico --> amici nemico --> nemici greco --> greci mosaico --> mosaici porco --> porci All the other nouns that end in -CO and are stressed on the second-last syllable make their plural in -CHI.
@gmak9004 3 жыл бұрын
Please can someone tell my Italian teacher to stop giving us assessments cause i dont see myself talking italian if i cant speak my own language properly fml
@abdulazizisroilov996 3 жыл бұрын
Didn't understand the last rule with "io" --- "ii" and "io" --- "i"
@Krishnakumar-ln6zc 5 жыл бұрын
7:04 poor KZfaqrs 😭
@juanguentenguea.gonzalez737 24 күн бұрын
Those Italian irregular plural nouns are derived from Latin.
@theophonchana5025 Жыл бұрын
c → ch
@Octa111 3 жыл бұрын
English speakers use some plural formed Italian words as singular and Italian speakers use some singular english words as plural... 😑
@theophonchana5025 Жыл бұрын
‐i masculine plural suffix ‐e feminine plural suffix
@theophonchana5025 Жыл бұрын
g → gh
@YuiSenpaiKawaenpai 2 ай бұрын
Logo its loghi
@YuiSenpaiKawaenpai 2 ай бұрын
Nvm im dumb
@CRSPHRNYC 2 жыл бұрын
I’m so screwed. I’ll never pass the B1
@abhyudayabaghel3806 6 жыл бұрын
Second
@sby60118 2 жыл бұрын
Stazioni Panini Dottori Bambini Aperitivi Stelle Olive Cannoli Cani Treni Was i right? Supermercati Borse Tortellini Mosche Allergie Stadi Lunedì Formiche Bar
@mathew9851 3 жыл бұрын
petition to restructure the italian language to make sense LOL
@lpawowp 3 жыл бұрын
All Romance language have these weird rules with 50 exceptions each. English has even weirder rules though we are just used to them
@user-pk9qo1gd6r 2 жыл бұрын
Italian really makes more sense than English in that case
@12.4oddomneathly9 6 жыл бұрын
First
@ricardosanchez1276 4 жыл бұрын
He says pitttza and in Italian is pizza
@ProfessorDaveExplains 4 жыл бұрын
The way Italians say pizza is the correct way to say pizza. They invented pizza.
@ricardosanchez1276 4 жыл бұрын
@@ProfessorDaveExplains but you said it the American way. Listen that part in the video. That's what I said, in Italy I heard it pizza,you said pitza
@ProfessorDaveExplains 4 жыл бұрын
I said it precisely the way Italians say it.
@janeyre82 4 жыл бұрын
What you're saying is totally nonsense. The letter Z (or ZZ) in Italian is just an orthographical symbol that represents either [ts] or [dz], that is, two affricative sounds. Italian "pizza" is pronounced ['pi tsa] just as English "pets" is pronounced [pεts]. Saying that "pizza" is pronounced "pizza" doesn't mean anything from a phonetical standpoint, and it would mislead anglophone Italian learners who would pronounce it as ['pi: za]... just as Pisa (with northern pronunciation), 'cause that's the way ZZ is normally pronounced in English.
@tic-tacdrin-drinn1505 8 ай бұрын
Masculine words always have the plural in “i”, even if they end in “a” (like many words of Greek origin). “Problema” > “problemi”, “clima” > “climi”. and so on...