Learn Italian: I documenti confermano le identità degli uomini. - The documents confirm the identities of the men.

I documenti confermano le identità degli uomini.

The documents confirm the identities of the men.

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Why does identità look exactly like its singular form here?

Identità is a feminine noun that ends in an accented vowel. Nouns with this ending are invariable, meaning their spelling doesn't change in the plural. You can tell it is plural in this sentence because of the plural article le (the singular is l'identità).

Why do we use degli before uomini instead of just di or dei?

Degli is the combined form of the preposition di (of) and the plural article gli (the). We use the article gli instead of i because the noun uomini starts with a vowel. Therefore, di + gli merges into degli.

Wait, what is the singular form of uomini? Is it an irregular noun?

Yes, it is highly irregular! The singular is uomo (man). It is one of the very few Italian nouns that changes its core stem in the plural, adding -in- to become uomini (men).