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NOUNS ENDING IN -AYou are here: morphology > nouns > regular > a
Nouns ending in -A are usually feminine and for a small part masculine.
Feminine nouns have -A form for singular and -E form for plural
Masculine nouns have -A form for singular and -I form for plural.
These are the forms of the feminine nouns
| Noun |
Singular |
Plural |
Example |
| pizza |
pizz-A |
pizz-E |
"La pizza è buona, le pizze sono buone."
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These are the forms of the masculine nouns
| Noun |
Singular |
Plural |
Example |
| poeta |
poet-A |
poet-I |
"Il poeta è bravo, i poeti sono bravi."
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Particular cases: - nouns ending in -ca and -ga have as plural -chi and -ghi
if masculine or -che and -ghe if feminine
Example:
"Il collega, i colleghi; la collega, le colleghe."
- nouns ending in -cia and -gia have as plural -cie and -gie
if the ending is preceded by a vowel and the i doesn't have an accent
Example:
"L'arancia, le arance; la frangia, le frange"
- some masculine nouns ending in -A don't change the plural
Example:
"Il sosia, i sosia; il cinema, i cinema; il gorilla, i gorilla"
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