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| General Rule for Body Parts |
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| A number of masculine nouns, mostly body parts, have a feminine form ending. For example, one ending in -o would end in -a in the plural, and take the feminin plural article. |
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| General Rule for Words with Greek Roots |
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| Words with Greek roots that end in -ma or -ta form their plurals by changing the -a to an -i. The article or sometimes an extended ending determines the gender. Greek rooted words that end in -i don't change. |
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| To retain the hard sound of a consonant in the plural... |
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| add an "h." Ex: -co --> -chi |
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| Change from a hard sound to a soft sound when... |
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| stress is on second syllable before the last one. Ex: dinamico --> dinamici |
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| just take it out. Ex: negozio --> negozi OR faccia --> facce |
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| keep it in there. Ex: zio --> zii OR farmacia --> farmacie |
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