Nouns Review-passatempi

Nouns Review-passatempi

by Crystal Agoras

​Professor Dave explains gender-Please be ready to respond:

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​-How can you tell the gender of a noun?

​-What are the other romance languages?

​- What are some masculine nouns he mentions?

​-What are some feminine nouns he mentions?

​UN-a/an/one (m,s)

• ​noun is masculine and singular and begins with a REGULAR CONSONANT or a VOWEL

• ​un giocatore

• ​un gioco

• ​un allenatore

• ​un pallone

​UNO-a/an/one (m,s)

• ​before masculine singular nouns that begin with S+consonant, PS, Z, GN, or Y

• ​uno sport

• ​uno stadio

​UNA-a/an/one (f,s)

• ​comes before a feminine singular noun that begins with a consonant

• ​una piscina

• ​una partita

• ​una palestra

​UN'-a/an/one (f,s)

• ​comes before any feminine singular noun that begins with a vowel

• ​un'amica

• ​un'universita`

​IL-"the" (m,s)

• ​before a masculine singular noun that starts with a REGULAR consonant

• ​il football americano

• ​il calcio

• ​il baseball

• ​il tennis

​LO-"the" (m,s)

• ​before a masculine, singular noun that starts with S+CONSONANT, PS, Z, GN, Y

• ​lo sport

• ​lo stadio

​L'-"the" singular

• ​before ANY SINGULAR NOUN that begins with a vowel

• ​l'allenatore

• ​l'allenatrice

​LA-"the" (f,s)

• ​before a feminine singular noun that begins with ANY consonant

• ​la piscina

• ​la palestra

• ​la squadra

​Professor Dave explains SINGULAR vs. PLURAL--please be ready to respond:

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​-How do you make the plural of a noun ending in "o"?

-How do you make the plural o a noun ending in "a"?

-How do you make the plural of a noun ending in "e"?

-Why is it incorrect to order "a panini" or "a biscotti"?​

​i-"the", (M,P)

• ​the plural of "il"

• ​i giocatori

• ​i palloni

​GLI-"the" (M,P)

​-plural of "lo" and " l' " when it's masculine

​-gli sport

​-gli stadi

​-gli amici

​LE-"the", (F,P)

• ​the only feminine plural choice; before any & all feminine plural nouns

• ​le piscine

• ​le palestre

• ​le amiche