🇮🇹 Italian

giornate

feminine

le giornate

days

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giornate
/le dʒorˈnaːte/
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How do you say giornate in Italian?

IPA
/le dʒorˈnaːte/

How do you pronounce giornate in Italian?

giornate is pronounced /le dʒorˈnaːte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La giornata è stata molto lunga e faticosa.

The day was very long and tiring. (The feminine article 'la' and feminine adjective 'faticosa' agree with the feminine noun 'giornata')

Quella giornata particolare mi ha insegnato una lezione importante.

That particular day taught me an important lesson. (The feminine demonstrative 'quella' and feminine adjective 'particolare' agree with 'giornata', showing gender agreement is mandatory)

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Why is it feminine?

Giornate is feminine because it derives from Latin "diurnata" (a day's work or journey), which retained the feminine gender of Latin words ending in "-ata" (the feminine form of past participles used as nouns). This grammatical pattern carried forward into Italian, where "-ata" endings typically indicate feminine nouns.

What is the Italian word for days?

The Italian word for days is le giornate — feminine.

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