The Gender and Number of Italian Nouns

Italian nouns change according to gender and number and sometimes it is not easy to remember how to correctly write them out or pronounce them! 

In this video you will have some easy "basic" information on Italian nouns and their gender.

The general rule is that all the masculine names will end with an O

• amico
• libro
• tavolo
• telefono
• video

and the femminine names will end with an A

• amica
• aula
• bottiglia
• porta
• bocca

You can also have nouns that end with the vowel E.

In this case they can be either masculine or femminine:

For example:

• pallone (M)
• lezione (F)
• canzone (F)
• giornale (M)

You can also have nouns that end with a consonant and these are usually masculine:

• Bar
• Sport
• Yacht
• Yogurt

 Now.. let’s look at some exceptions:

you can have some masculine nouns that end with E but they can have a femminine version that ends either with an A or with ESSA

Example:

• Il signore - la signora
• lo studente - la studentessa

Some masculine names that end with - tore will have the femminine version that ends with - trice

Example:

• il pittore - la pittrice 

To finish off… be aware that some nouns might end with an E in both the femminine and masculine version… so IL CLIENTE / LA CLIENTE

You can download some exercises and the whole lesson HERE!

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