Learn Italian: I giornali sono nuovi. - The newspapers are new.

I giornali sono nuovi.

The newspapers are new.

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Questions & Answers about I giornali sono nuovi.

How do we know if giornali is masculine or feminine since it ends in -i?

Giornali (newspapers) comes from the singular noun giornale. Nouns ending in -e in the singular change to -i in the plural, whether they are masculine or feminine. To find out its gender, look at the little words around it! The masculine plural article i tells us that giornali is a masculine noun.

Why is the article i used here instead of gli?

Both i and gli mean "the" for masculine plural nouns. You use gli when the noun starts with a vowel, a z, or an s followed by a consonant (like gli stivali). Since giornali starts with a regular consonant (g), it takes the standard masculine plural article, i.

Why does the adjective nuovi end in -i?

Adjectives must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because giornali is a masculine plural noun, the basic adjective nuovo (new) changes its ending to the masculine plural form, nuovi.

I thought sono meant "I am". Why is it translated as "are" here?