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5.2.3 Formation with -e / -essa

I think we have already mentioned that we don't think that it is possible to remember all these rules, the exceptions and the exceptions of the exceptions. It is easier to click on the loudspeaker. A lot of words and their feminine forms you will learn this way automatically.

Some masculine forms which ends with e form the feminine form with -essa.

Examples     il dottore => la dottoressa the doctor masc. / fem. i dottori => le dottoresse the doctors masc. / fem.       lo studente => la studentessa the student masc. / fem. gli studenti => le studentesse the student masc. / fem.       il conte => la contessa the count => the countess i conti => le contesse the counts => the countess       il principe => la principessa the prince => the princess i principi => le prinicipesse the princes => the princess       l' elefante => l' elefantessa the elefant masc. / fem. gli elefanti => le elefantesse the elefants masc. / fem.       il professore => la professoressa the professor masc. / fem. i professori => le professoresse the professors masc. / fem.

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