"I cuochi mangiano."

Translation: The cooks eat.

[JamesPeter8]

Why is it cuochi and not cuoci?

[folran]

because the [k] sound is preserved in the plural, so it's spelled with <chi>. <cuoci> would be with a [tʃ] as in CHeese

[colbymenning]

cuocere to bake or cook Cuoco, m, cook, pl cuochi. Remember gare and care in conjugation of "are" verbs? I think some scenario. Cuoca , f, cook pl =cuoche. Also, cucinare, to cook from which cucina, kitchen. Would love to find an Italian language book that ties verbs to nouns ,etc. Explains word associations.

[MuireannMorris]

can i say " the cooks are eating" ?

[pdusek]

I think so, at least mostly I use these English tenses in Italian as synonymous.

[ivnslva]

Im confused why "Il cuochi mangiano" is wrong.

[folran]

"il" is the singular article while "chuoci" is plural

[Erick_Gomez]

shouldnt it be 'gli cuochi mangiano'?

[desperador93]

Lo (pl. gli ) masculine nouns begin with "s + consonant" or "z"
iL (pl. i ) masculine nouns begin with other consonant
L' (pl. gli) masculine nouns begin with vowel
La (pl. Le ) feminine nouns begin with any consonant
L' (pl. Le ) feminine nouns begin with a vowel

in this case, il cuoco => i cuochi

[NicholasDe485248]

no , Gli is used ONLY for Masculine words that start with a VOWEL , "i" is used for consonants that are masculine , hope this helps.

[jacklemire]

How do you know what the to use? There are so many.

[Rae.F]

Rules for the definite article:

https://i.imgur.com/aJ7Qlgb.jpg

Rules for the indefinite article:

Masculine

https://i.imgur.com/ioiRcSS.png

Feminine

https://i.imgur.com/7WZMfoO.png

[jennypant]

Why the accent falls on the last syllable of the word "mangiano" ?

[Nathan173901]

His pronunciation seems wrong, should be "MANgiano", not "mangianó".

[chaise938270]

Does this even make sense?

[MartonKuri]

i have a bug with my microphone