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- "The sheets are on the bed."
"The sheets are on the bed."
Translation:Le lenzuola sono sul letto.
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Unfortunately, there's a bunch of examples: http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare169a.htm http://www.arnix.it/free-italian/italian-grammar/plural-of-italian-nouns-by-changing-the-ending.php http://tutorino.ca/grammatica/2007/8/7/irregular-italian-nouns-3-nouns-that-change-gender-in-the-pl.html
That's a good idea! I could definitely use the practice.
What did you mean about an edit to my previous statement thought...?
As long as the separate lesson doesn't rely on you passing it to continue on with the non-bizzare words...
An optional section, perhaps?
I like that idea. I have previously floated the idea that things like this (optional learning sections) could be bought with lingots, which is nice because it's optional (doesn't force the section on others) and would give one something to look forward to when spending one's lingots :-)
To further confuse things sheets can also be 'il lenzuolo' and 'i lenzuoli' worked here too. Especially since in the list of vocab it's down under lenzuolo. Some times it's a regional thing whether an item is masculine or feminine.
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Common understanding of plurals would suggest that, but it's probably "lenzuola". It would be embarrassing if the staff released a language update and made a silly mistake like this...
http://www.wordreference.com/iten/lenzuola --- apparently lenzuolo is singular and lenzuola is plural
Egg is another example I believe. l'uovo is masculine (singular). Le uova is feminine (plural).
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Just a quick edit to your previous statement, "Some plurals have bizarre rules"
Wouldn't expect an singular "o" to change to an "a" in the plural form.
Hmm. Is my answer "il lenzuolo e sul letto" correct? Does "il lenzuolo" mean "the sheets" and does it take a plural verb?
Il lenzuolo- I lenzuoli? La lenzuola- Le lenzuole?
Am I confused, or what? Io sono confuso, o cosa?
Perhaps if you read the links that others have already helpfully provided on this comment thread. This is one of the irregulars that seems to change gender when pluralised. So il lenzuolo but le lenzuola. See Viggiatore's link in particular.
Not only gender but it becomes a singular plural otherwise il lenzuolo would become le lenzuole not lenzuola. Weird indeed!
