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Learning the Italian Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Italian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
To form a feminine word from the masculine in Italian, you simply add (-a) after removing the last vowel. Here are some examples:
Figlio (son) becomes figlia (daughter), alunno (student masc.) becomes alunna (student fem.)
Note that some words cannot change into feminine; instead a whole new word should be used, example: uomo (man), donna (woman).
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Italian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Femminile |
| he is happy | lui è felice |
| she is happy | lei è felice |
| he is American | lui è americano |
| she is American | (lei) è americana |
| man | uomo |
| woman | donna |
| father | padre |
| mother | madre |
| brother | fratello |
| sister | sorella |
| uncle | zio |
| aunt | zia |
| bull | toro |
| cow | mucca |
| boy | ragazzo |
| girl | ragazza |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Italian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Italian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Italian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Italian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | gli oggetti |
| bathroom | bagno |
| bed | letto |
| bedroom | camera da letto |
| ceiling | soffitto |
| chair | sedia |
| clothes | vestiti |
| coat | cappotto |
| cup | tazza |
| desk | scrivania |
| dress | abito |
| floor | piano |
| fork | forchetta (or) forcella |
| furniture | mobili (or)arredo |
| glass | bicchiere |
| hat | cappello |
| house | casa |
| ink | inchiostro |
| jacket | giacca |
| kitchen | cucina |
| knife | coltello |
| lamp | lampada |
| letter | lettera |
| map | mappa |
| newspaper | giornale |
| notebook | taccuino |
| pants | pantaloni |
| paper | carta |
| pen | penna |
| pencil | matita |
| pharmacy | farmacia |
| picture | fotografia |
| plate | piatto |
| refrigerator | frigorifero |
| restaurant | ristorante |
| roof | tetto |
| room | camera |
| rug | tappeto |
| scissors | forbici |
| shampoo | shampoo |
| shirt | camicia |
| shoes | scarpe |
| soap | sapone |
| socks | calze |
| spoon | cucchiaio |
| table | tavolo |
| toilet | bagno |
| toothbrush | spazzolino da denti |
| toothpaste | dentifricio |
| towel | asciugamano |
| umbrella | ombrello |
| underwear | biancheria intima |
| wall | muro |
| wallet | portafoglio |
| window | finestra |
| telephone | telefono |
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