Irregular

Irregular certain articles don't follow any rule so they have to be learned by heart.

Example: la man o. The article la is used for female nouns. You can recognize female nouns in the singular on the shelf by their ending - a. In this case the noun " man o " (= hand) ends with a - o, which would normally indicate a masculine noun in the singular. However, "il mano" would be wrong and "la mano" right. As you can see, the learned rule does not apply here and another rule cannot be determined.

For nouns that do not end with -a or -o in the singular, there are rules that you have to memorize.

NOTE:

ending -ione:
➔ Nouns with ending - ione are feminine (e.g. la lezione , la stazione ➔ le stazioni).

ending -ista:
➔ Nouns with the ending - ista are male and female (e.g. il / la dent ista).

ending consonant
➔ Nouns that end with a consonant are masculine. Consonants are the letters: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, ß, T, V, W, X , Z. (e.g. il bar).

Greek origin with ending -a:
➔ Nouns with Greek origin and the ending - a are masculine (e.g. il tema).