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I lunghi oblii rovinano gli oggetti.

I lunghi oblii rovinano gli oggetti.
Long oblivions ruin the objects.
From Lesson 435:Plurals of nouns ending in -io·Italian

Questions & Answers about I lunghi oblii rovinano gli oggetti.

Why does oblii have two i's at the end, while plural words like orologi or viaggi only have one?
This comes down to where the stress falls in the singular noun. In oblio (oblivion), the stress is on the i (oblìo). When the i in an -io ending is stressed, the plural takes a double -ii. For words like orologio or viaggio, the stress is elsewhere, so the plural just drops the final o and leaves a single -i.
How do you pronounce the double ii at the end of oblii?
Because the first i is stressed, the two vowels are actually pronounced as two distinct syllables (oh-BLEE-ee). However, in normal conversational speed, it often sounds like a single, slightly lengthened "ee" sound.
Why is there an h in lunghi?
The singular adjective is lungo. To make it masculine plural, the o changes to i. If we just wrote lungi, the g before the i would make a soft "j" sound (like in the English word "gem"). We insert the h to maintain the hard "g" sound (like in "go") from the singular form.
Is it normal to use a word like "oblivion" in the plural in Italian?
While oblio (forgetfulness, oblivion) is usually an abstract uncountable concept, making it plural is a slightly literary but standard way to refer to "extended periods of neglect" or "instances of forgetting." In this sentence, it implies that leaving objects ignored for long stretches of time causes them to decay.

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