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adulti

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masculine

gli adulti

adults

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adulti
/ʎi aˈdulti/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice adulti in italiano?

AFI
/ʎi aˈdulti/

How do you pronounce adulti in italiano?

adulti is pronounced /ʎi aˈdulti/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

Lo adulto responsabile ha deciso di pagare il debito.

The responsible adult (masculine) decided to pay the debt.

Lo adulto intelligente riconosce i suoi errori passati.

The intelligent adult (masculine) recognizes his past mistakes.

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Perché è masculine?

Adulti is masculine because it derives from the Latin "adultus," the past participle of "adolescere" (to grow up). In Latin, adjectives and past participles used as adjectives followed specific gender patterns based on their declension class. "Adultus" belonged to the first and second declension pattern, where the masculine singular nominative form ended in "-us." Italian retained this masculine gender from Latin, where masculine nouns and adjectives in the nominative singular typically ended in "-us," which evolved into "-o" in Italian.

Come si dice adults in italiano?

In italiano, adults si dice gli adulti — masculine.

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