Conversational Italian, Lesson 6

Singular to plural

In this Section, we will show you the plural forms for the nouns we justlearned. Also shown are the Declension Rules. For more informationon Declension Rules, see "Nouns - Regular Patterns" in theReference.

(Remember the =il, lo, l'. i, gli, la, le. In addition to being singular orsplural, Italian words are also masculine or feminine).

English Singular Italian Singular English Plural Italian Plural Deciension Rule
lamppost lampione lampposts lamioni Third
sidewalk marciapiede sidewalks marciapiedi Third
street strada streets strada Second
lane corsia lanes corsie Second
car macchina cars macchine Second
drier autista driers autisti Irregular
passenger passeggero passengers passeggeri First
corner angolo corners angoli First
traffic traffico traffic traffici First
traffic light semaforo traffic lighst semafori First
building pedone buildings pedoni Third
Pedestrain edifico Pedestrain edifici First