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There are certain words (derived from Latin second-declension neuter nouns) that are masculine in the singular and feminine or masculine in the plural. Examples include: il braccio / le braccia or i bracci ('the arm(s)') l'uovo / le uova ('the egg(s)') il ginocchio / le ginocchia or i ginocchi ('the knee(s)')
-o masculine singular-a feminine singular-i masculine plural-e feminine plural; Reflexive verbs always use essere, and their past participle agrees with the subject or with third person object pronouns, if these precede the verb. mi sono lavato/-a "I washed myself" ci siamo visti/-e "we saw each other" si è lavato le gambe "he washed his legs"
Polish: Masculine personal, Masculine animate, Masculine inanimate, Feminine, Neuter (traditionally, only masculine, feminine and neuter genders are recognized). Pama–Nyungan languages including Dyirbal and other Australian languages have gender systems such as: Masculine, feminine (see Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things), vegetable and neuter ...
the. MASC. SG abuelo grandfather el abuelo the.MASC.SG grandfather "the grandfather" Feminine la the. FEM. SG abuela grandmother la abuela the.FEM.SG grandmother "the grandmother" In "grammatical" gender, most words that end in -a and -d are marked with "feminine" articles. Example of grammatical gender in Spanish "Grammatical" gender Number Phrase Masculine Singular el the. MASC. SG plato ...
Italian is an official language in Italy, San Marino, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), Corsica, and Vatican City. It has official minority status in Croatia, Slovenian Istria, and the municipalities of Santa Tereza and Encantado in Brazil. [15] [16] Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and ...
The system of inflectional classes is also drastically reduced. The basic system is most clearly indicated in Spanish, where there are only three classes, corresponding to the first, second and third declensions in Latin: plural in -as (feminine), plural in -os (masculine), plural in -es (either masculine or feminine).
Marian Vejcik/Getty Images. 5. Caterina. Ditto for Katherine. This feminine name of Italian origin means “pure.” 6. Francesca. This spunky little thing will go by Francie for short.
The accusative theory proposes that Italian -e derives from -as. One piece of evidence is that in Italian, masculine amico has plural amici with /tʃ/ (the expected palatal outcome before -Ī), but feminine amica has plural amiche, with /k/ that is unexpected if e < -AE, but expected if e < -ĀS.