Italian GCSE
Gender of nouns
What Gender of nouns means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Nouns ending in '-eria' are almost exclusively feminine and take feminine articles, so feminine articles and adjectives should be used when describing these places.
The definite article should be learned alongside the noun to secure knowledge of its gender, and the article must match the derived feminine noun.
The suffix -tore is masculine and its plural is -tori, while the standard feminine equivalent of -tore is -trice.
Topics that use Gender of nouns
- Using common patterns within Italian (AQA GCSE)
- Vocabulary (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adjectival agreement
- Adjective agreement
- Adjective modification
- Adverb formation
- Antonyms and negation
- Diminutive suffixes
- Expressing nuance and affection
- Gender and number agreement
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