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Gender of tiger in Italian language?
Aug 6, 2019 8:44 PM
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La tigre, le tigri.
You can get the gender from the articles, in this case it is feminine.
Two similar examples, but with masculine gender:
Il leone, i leoni.
Il fiore, i fiori.
Feminine gender:
La vite, le viti. (vite: 1. grape plant, 2. screw)
La nave, le navi. (ship)
La mente, le menti. (mind)
There is NO way to know it, unless you learned from a specific example, but if you are sure about
the articles to be used, then you can also be sure about the gender of the nouns.
August 6, 2019
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Grammarly, "tigre" is feminine, but it can be either a he-tiger or a she-tiger.
If you need to specify the actual sex of the tiger, you have to say:
MALE: "la tigre maschio" or "il maschio della tigre";
FEMALE: "la tigre femmina".
In ancient Italian there was also the masculine "il tigre". Someone still uses it, but it's very uncommon.
August 7, 2019
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