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Italian Gender

This page discusses the gender in Italian. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: ragazzo
Girl: ragazza
Man: uomo
Woman: donna
Father: padre
Mother: madre
Brother: fratello
Sister: sorella
Actor: Attore
Actress: Attrice
Cat (m): Gatto
Cat (f): Gatta

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: Lui è alto
She is tall: Lei è alta
He is a short man: Lui è basso di statura
She is a short woman: Lei è bassa di statura
He is German: Lui è tedesco
She is German: Lei è tedesca
Japanese men are friendly: Gli uomini giapponesi sono amichevoli
Japanese women are friendly: Le donne giapponesi sono amichevoli

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