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Leggo tutti i blog e i post della settimana.

Leggo tutti i blog e i post della settimana.
I read all the blogs and posts of the week.
From Lesson 256:Invariable plurals for foreign nouns (i bar, i computer)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Leggo tutti i blog e i post della settimana.

Why don't blog and post change their endings to show they are plural?
In Italian, nouns that end in a consonant are almost always foreign loanwords, and they are invariable. This means their spelling doesn't change in the plural. So, il blog becomes i blog, and il post becomes i post. Never add an English -s or an Italian -i to them!
If the nouns themselves don't change, how can we tell they are plural here?
The words attached to them give it away! We can see the plural masculine definite article i before both words. Also, the sentence uses the plural adjective tutti (all). If it were singular, it would be tutto il blog e il post.
Why do we need to use the article i again before post? Can't I just say i blog e post?
In Italian, you generally must repeat the article before each noun in a list, even if they share the same gender and number. While in English you can group them as "the blogs and posts", Italian requires i blog e i post.
Why is it della settimana instead of just di settimana?
When talking about "of the week" for a specific timeframe, Italian requires the definite article. The preposition di (of) combines with the feminine singular article la (the) to form the combined word della.

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