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Italian: Grammar > Plural
In case of masculine nouns the plural is usually formed by adding -i to the end of a noun, or in case the noun ends in a vowel by changing this vowel to -i. The definite article is changed to i.
In case of feminine nouns the plural is usually formed by adding -e to the end of a noun, or in case the noun ends in a vowel by changing this vowel to -e. The definite article is changed to le. il ragazzo, i ragazzi (the boy, the boys) There are quite some irregular nouns which deviate from these rules. For example: il caffè, i caffè (the coffee, the coffees)In the latter example you see the the singular is masculine, but the plural has taken the feminine gender.
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