Plurals

 When you are talking about more than one thing, the word for "the" is i before most masculine nouns, gli before masculine nouns beginning with "z" or "s" plus another consonant and before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel, and le before all feminine nouns:

i cappelli               the hats

le gonne               the skirts

gli impermeabili     the raincoats

gli studenti           the students

 To make nouns plural, you usually change the last vowel to "i" if the noun is masculine and to "e" if it is feminine. All nouns ending in "e" change to "i":

la strada            the street

le strade            the streets

il libro                the book

i libri                  the books

la chiave            the key

le chiavi             the keys

il fiore               the flower

i fiori                 the flowers