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RITALIAÑOL
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RENCH
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TALIAN
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PANISH
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RAMMAR
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RTICLES
Definite articlesIndefinite articlesm.s.
elil, l’, lole, l’unun, unoun
f.s.
lala, l’la, l’unauna, un’une
m.p.
losi, glilesunosdei, deglides, d’
f.p.
lasleunasdelle
Forms with an apostrophe are used before nouns starting with a vowel (or ‘h’ inthe case of French). In Italian, uno, lo and quello are used before nouns startingwith z, gn, ps or s+consonant. Italian gli is the plural of lo and l’.
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ENDER
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ATTERNS
masc.
-o, -ma, -(consonant)-o, -ore-acle, -al, -ail, -eau,-ème, -et, -isme, -oir
fem.
-a, ion, ión,dad, tad, tud,ez, umbre-a, -tà, -trice, -zione andmost that end in -ione,-i, -ie and -ù-ance, -anse, -ense,-ise, -sion, -tié, -ure
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LURALS
SingularPluralSg.Pl.Sg.Pl.-[consonant]-[vowel]-z-ión+es+s-ces-iones-o-a-e-i, -ie-i-e-i-i, -ie-au, -eu, -ou-al, -ail-s, -z, -xothers+x-aux-s, -z, -x+sIn Italian, nouns ending in a consonant or an accented vowel, as well as familynames, monosyllabic nouns and abbreviations, are invariable.
See usage notes at the end.