How to do the plural of nouns in Italian language

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It’s not very easy to do the plural form of nouns in Italian. Normally, when nouns end in -o (in general it’s masculine) the plural is -i; and when nouns end in -a  the plural form is  -e, example:

il libro (masc. sing.) - i libri (masc. plur.)                -o >-i
la casa (fem. sing.) - le case (fem. plur.)                      -a> -e

When a noun ends in -e  (in this case it can be  masculine or feminine), it changes in plural in -i, example:

il ristorante (masc. sing.) - i ristoranti (masch. plur.)               -e> -i
la madre (fem. sing.) -  le madri (fem. plur.)                              -e> -i

In addition to this we have many special cases, one of this, that I consider very special, is the group of nouns ( luckily it’s a very little group!) that in singular is masculine and in plural becomes feminine, example:

il braccio (masc. sing.) - le braccia (fem. plur.)
il ginocchio (masc. sing.) - le ginocchia (fem. plur.)
il labbro (masc. sing.) - le labbra (fem. plur.)
l’orecchio (masc. sing.) - le orecchie (fem. plur.)
l’uovo (masc.sing.) - le uova (fem. plur.)

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