Learn Italian: Le stazioni sono chiuse oggi. - The stations are closed today.

Le stazioni sono chiuse oggi.

The stations are closed today.

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Questions & Answers about Le stazioni sono chiuse oggi.

I thought feminine plural words end in -e, so why is it stazioni?

Some Italian nouns end in -e in the singular and change to -i in the plural, regardless of whether they are masculine or feminine. Stazione (station) is a feminine word in this group. So, its plural is stazioni.

If the noun is stazioni, why is the word for 'the' Le instead of I or Gli?

Even though stazioni ends in -i, it is still a feminine plural noun. You must always use the feminine plural article le for feminine plural nouns, no matter what letter the noun itself ends in.

Why does chiuse (closed) end in -e and not -i to match stazioni?

Adjectives must match the noun's gender and number. Since stazioni is feminine plural, the adjective takes the regular feminine plural ending -e, making it chiuse. It doesn't matter that stazioni belongs to the special -e/-i noun group; the adjective still follows the standard rules.

Why is there an h in chiuse?