Have you ever made this mistake while speaking Italian in the
first person plural(noi)(we)with the verb dovere? Noi debbiamo.
Sono cose che succedono. Per lo meno a me. Una volta e non piu.

io devo
tu devi
Lei
lei deve
lui
noi dobbiamo (not debbiamo has it would seem logical and as it is in Spanish)
voi dovete
Loro
----- devono
loro

Dobbiamo partire presto domani. Tomorrow we have to leave early.

Dobbiamo partecipare? Are we obliged to participate?

Dobbiamo parlare piu l'italiano. We should speak more Italian.

--Quanto Le dobbiamo? --Niente. "How much do we owe you?" "Nothing."

Dobbiamo il nostro successo a lui. We owe our success to him.So dovere can also mean "to owe."

Ricchi o poveri, dobbiamo tutti morire. (REEK-key oh POH-vah-ray, dobh-bee-AH-moh TOO-tee moh-REE-ray.) Rich or poor, we all have to die.

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My first question is how do I post to the forum?
My second question is if uno giorno is one day and due giorni is two days, do you always in order to make a word plural add an i to the end of it, such as giorni. Grazie Jlr455

Well nothing is that simple
Most of the time
o gets changed into an e for plural
Female words have plural in e

Una Pizza Tre Pizze
Una Valigia Due Valigie
Una Partita - due Partite

Anyway there are many exceptions and rules so probably a book would help - Or you will have to wait that we re-do the site with a new Italian section

When forming the plural of Italian nouns, the vowel endings change to indicate a change in number. For regular masculine nouns that end in -o, the ending changes to -i in the plural.

The table below includes a few nouns to start with:

PLURAL FORMS OF ITALIAN MASCULINE NOUNS ENDING IN -O
SINGULAR PLURAL ENGLISH
fratello fratelli brothers
libro libri books
nonno nonni grandfather
ragazzo ragazzi boys
vino vini wine


Regular feminine nouns that end in -a take on -e endings in the plural.

PLURAL FORMS OF ITALIAN FEMININE NOUNS ENDING IN -A
SINGULAR PLURAL ENGLISH
casa case houses
penna penne pens
pizza pizze pizzas
ragazza ragazze girls
sorella sorelle sisters

When forming the plural of nouns ending in a consonant, such as words of foreign origin, only the article changes: il film/i film; la photo/le photo. Here are some exceptions to the rule for forming feminine plurals:

Feminine-noun ending -ea changes to -ee in the plural. For example: dea/dee (goddess/goddesses).
Feminine-noun ending -ca changes to -che in the plural. For example: amica/amiche (friend/friends). Remember that -che is pronounced as "keh" in Italian.
Finally, be aware that some nouns end in -e. The plural forms of these nouns will end in -i (regardless of whether these nouns are masculine or feminine).
PLURAL FORMS OF ITALIAN NOUNS ENDING IN -E
SINGULAR PLURAL ENGLISH
bicchiere bicchieri (wine) glass
chiave chiavi keys
fiume fiumi rivers
frase frasi phrases
padre padri fathers

Jlr455 - Ciao e benvenuto. In order to post a new thread, click on the link at the top of the page for "Italian Online Community". Once you are on that page, choose a topic that fits your intended post and click on it. Then, on that page, scroll down to the bottom of the listed open threads and find the box that says "New Thread". Click on that and you are in business. Good luck and once again, welcome to the forum.

Thanks for your and Villa's help. I would have posted sooner, but I just now found this. I don't know why I have trouble getting around in here. I'll stay with it. [EMAIL="Jlr455@verizon.net"]Thanks again. JLR455