You have finally gotten the chance to travel to Italy to see where your family grew up. Your Italian family is throwing a huge party so you can meet everyone and get to know them better. Your Italian family is so nice and they all have so many questions for you, as you do for them! One of the first questions everyone asks in Italian is “what do you do?” Well, you have no problem talking about your job, what you do in your spare time, and your family back home in Italian. But, sometimes their answers are a little confusing to you, especially since you are not very familiar with everyone’s names yet! For instance, your Italian grandmother was explaining what her brothers and sisters do for a living in Italian. But it sure sounded like she said her brother was a macchinista! She also said your grandfather was an elettricista for a while. Aren’t those feminine occupations…maybe she was still talking about your Italian aunts? You are getting so confused! You came here to learn about your Italian family and you are more puzzled now! Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! In this Italian Beginner lesson, you will learn about the third category of Italian masculine nouns ending in -a. The gender of these Italian nouns change depending on whether they refer to males or females. We will show you how to tell the difference between the Italian nouns, and give you plenty of examples. Finally, we will discuss Via Nazionale in Rome. Visit us at ItalianPod101 to find more great Italian learning resources and lessons! Leave us a comment while you are there.

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