Plural formation with CO and GO

Adjectives and nouns ending in co, ca and go, ga add an H in the plural: l’albergo, gli alberghi. But this is not always the case: l’amico, gli amici. Let’s learn together some words and their plural.

CA and GA

Feminine adjectives and nouns ending in ca and ga always add an H in the plural.

CO und GO

Male adjectives and nouns ending in co and go may or may not add an H. Basically, it depends on where the accent is in the word, whether on the penultimate (e.g. te|des|co) or on the third to last (me|di|co) syllable, and then accordingly with h or without h (tedeschi, medici). But this rule has some exceptions (e.g. amico > amici) and it may not be very practical. Therefore, it may be easier to memorize the plural forms by heart!

Listen to the pronunciation

co > chi
go > ghi

co > ci
go > gi

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