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INTRODUCTION TOT!
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HE ITALIAN LANGUAGE
INTRODUCTION TO NOUNS
IDENTIFYING NOUNS
‘example, uomo (man), acqua (water), and
acqua - water
armadio - wardrobe
concetto - concept
detfino - dolphin
donna - woman
Nouns and gender
Unlike in English, in the Italian language every
most part) by the definite articles it for mascul
means the.
la acqua - water
‘el armadio - wardrobe
el concetto - concept
1 delfino - dolphin
la donna - woman
a and an,
un armadio - wardrobe
tun concetto - concept
una donna - woman
una idea - idea
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‘A noun is defined as a person, place, or thing. They can also be an abstract things or idea. For
You may also see the Indefinite artides un for masculine nouns and una for feminine nouns meaning
amore (ove) are nouns,
Idea - idea
olio - oil
sedia - chair
tigre - tiger
noun has a gender. This Is easily indicated (for the
line nouns and a for feminine nouns both of which
la idea - idea
el alfa - oll
la sedia - chair
la tigre - tiger
el uomo - man
una sedia - chair
una tigre - tiger
un uomo - man
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