{"id":18610,"date":"2019-12-20T20:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=18610"},"modified":"2021-03-18T20:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:58:51","slug":"italian-nouns-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-nouns-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular Italian nouns: continued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ciao a tutti!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Last week we saw some nouns that seemingly change genders from singular to plural. Today, we are going to see some more irregular Italian nouns; specifically, nouns with two plurals and different meanings. But before that, vorrei augurare un buon natale a tutti! Arriva Babbo Natale tra 5 giorni!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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E adesso per i nomi bislacchi<\/em>… and now for the quirky nouns!<\/p>\n

Nouns that have two plurals with different meanings:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Il braccio\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nI bracci (arms of a couch)<\/span><\/td>\nLe braccia (arms on a person)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il ciglio\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nI cigli (edges)<\/span><\/td>\nLe ciglia (eyelashes)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il corno\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nI corni (horns- instruments)<\/span><\/td>\nLe corna (horns of animals)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il filo<\/span><\/td>\nI fili (threads of clothes)<\/span><\/td>\nLe fila (threads of a plot)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il gesto<\/span><\/td>\nI gesti (gestures)<\/span><\/td>\nLe gesta (deeds)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il membro<\/span><\/td>\nI membri (members of a family)<\/span><\/td>\nLe membra (members on the body)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il frutto<\/span><\/td>\nI frutti (fruits on a singular tree, fruits of an activity)<\/span><\/td>\nLa frutta\/Le frutta (collective fruits)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il ditto<\/span><\/td>\nI diti (fingers considered individually – such as \u201ci diti indici\u201d)<\/span><\/td>\nLe dita (fingers, considered collectively \u201cle dita di una mano\u201d)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il fondamento<\/span><\/td>\nI fondamenti (basic principles)<\/span><\/td>\nLe fondamenta (foundations of buildings)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il labbro<\/span><\/td>\nI labbri (lips of a wound, cup..)<\/span><\/td>\nLe labbra (lips of a mouth)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il muro<\/span><\/td>\nI muri (walls of a building)<\/span><\/td>\nLe mura (walls of a city)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L\u2019osso\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nGli ossi (bones of an animal)<\/span><\/td>\nLe ossa (bones of a person)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il grido<\/span><\/td>\nI gridi (cries of animals)<\/span><\/td>\nLe grida (cries of people)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nTocca a voi!<\/em><\/strong> Have you ever seen any other nouns with dual meanings in the plural?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ciao a tutti! Last week we saw some nouns that seemingly change genders from singular to plural. Today, we are going to see some more irregular Italian nouns; specifically, nouns with two plurals and different meanings. But before that, vorrei augurare un buon natale a tutti! Arriva Babbo Natale tra 5 giorni!   E adesso…<\/p>\n

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