GENDER in ITALIAN: a simple GUIDE to guess the gender of a word

Did you know that all Italian words have a GENDER? Yes, you've read that right!
They can be masculine or feminine and it's very important that you know the gender of a word, because all the other terms in a sentence need to agree with it; for examples, the articles, the adjectives, the verbs, ...

So if you want to speak Italian fluently, you have no choise but to know the gender of the words!

But how can you possibly know if the table or the chair are masculine or feminine? They're not animated objects, so do they also have a gender? Yes, they do!

If you're an English speaker, you're now probably thinking that this is all very confusing...

Although there isn’t a specific rule that tells you if a noun is masculine or feminine, you can use some simple tricks to help you out.

I've put them all together in a SIMPLE GUIDE to help you to guess the word gender in Italian, especially when you find a new term.

There's some PRACTICE at the end of the video so make sure you stay till the end.

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In a nutshell, here is what I cover in the lesson:

1 - PEOPLE/PETS
If the noun refers to a person, then it will take the same gender.
This rule sometimes applies to pets as well, but not to wild animals.

2 - ARTICLE
In most cases, the article can tell you the gender of the word.

We’ve seen that IL, LO are the masculine articles while LA is feminine.

You just need to pay attention though where the noun begins with a vowel as then the article will always be L’.  

3 - WORD ENDING
Often you can guess the gender of a name based on the way it ends.

For example, a word is usually masculine when the last letter is -O, while, in general, it’s feminine when ending in -A, -TA’ or -TU’.

Here you need to be careful with nouns that finish with the letter E, since they can be masculine or feminine without really a rule.

4 - FOREIGN WORDS
If you see a noun that comes from another language that is not Italian (usually English), then it’s most likely to be masculine, for instance "il computer", "il mouse" or "lo zoo".

5 - CATEGORIES
When you find a name that belongs to a specific category, you can easily guess its gender.

So, for example, are normally masculine the days of the week, the seas/mountains/rivers, the languages and the cardinal points.

On the other end, usually the fruits and continents/countries/islands are feminine.  

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If you want to know more, you can also read the blog post below:
https://connex-ita.com/how-to-guess-t...

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