Singular il pianista  [m] (male) pianist la pianista  [f] (female) pianist il collega  [m] (male) colleague la collega  [f] (female) colleague Plural i pianisti  [m] (male) pianists le pianiste  [f] (female) pianists i colleghi * [m] (male) colleagues le colleghe * [f] (female) colleagues * For an explanation of the  -h-  in these endings, see paragraph 20 below. 16 Nouns ending in  -i  do not change in the plural: 17 Foreign nouns, and nouns stressed on the last vowel, do not change in the plural: 18 A number of nouns are irregular in the plural. E.g.  la mano  [f] (hand) becomes  le mani  in the plural,  l’uomo  [m] (man) becomes  gli uomini  in the plural. Here are some nouns which do not change in the plural, because they are abbreviations (cf. above, paragraph 6): Some nouns are masculine in the singular but feminine in the plural. Here are a few: Singular il dito  [m] il centinaio  [m] il migliaio  [m] il miglio  [m] il paio  [m] l’uovo  [m] fi nger (about) a hundred (about) a thousand mile pair egg Plural le dita  [f] le centinaia  [f] le migliaia  [f] le miglia  [f] le paia  [f] le uova  [f] fi ngers hundreds thousands miles pairs eggs Singular il bar  [m] lo sport  [m] la città  [f] la virtù  [f] bar sport city virtue Plural i bar gli sport le città le virtù bars sports cities virtues Singular l’analisi  [f] la crisi  [f] analysis crisis Plural le analisi le crisi analyses crises Unit 1 5 Singular l’auto  [f] la radio  [f] la moto  [f] la foto  [f] il cinema  [m] car radio motorbike photo cinema Plural le auto le radio le moto le foto i cinema cars radios motorbikes photos cinemas