Italian GCSE
Noun gender
What Noun gender means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Noun gender
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In Italian, nouns are either masculine or feminine, and this gender is not always shown by the ending, as 'la mano' is feminine despite ending in '-o'.
Topics that use Noun gender
- Nouns (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Gender and number agreement
- Irregular nouns
- Noun-article agreement
- Parts of the body
- Singular and plural forms
- Definite articles
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