sogni
i sogni
dreams
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How do you say sogni in Italian?
How do you pronounce sogni in Italian?
sogni is pronounced /i ˈsoɲɲi/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il sogno ricorrente di Marco lo disturba ogni notte.
Marco's recurring dream disturbs him every night. (The masculine article 'il' and masculine adjective 'ricorrente' agree with the masculine noun 'sogno')
Un sogno strano mi ha svegliato questa mattina.
A strange dream woke me up this morning. (The masculine article 'un' and masculine adjective 'strano' agree with the masculine noun 'sogno', rather than the feminine forms 'una' and 'strana')
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Why is it masculine?
Sogni is masculine because it derives from Latin "somnum" (neuter), but Italian reassigned it to the masculine gender during the Romance language evolution, likely influenced by the pattern of masculine nouns ending in -o. The shift from neuter to masculine was common in Italian as the Latin neuter gender collapsed into the masculine category.
What is the Italian word for dreams?
The Italian word for dreams is i sogni — masculine.
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