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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

fondamentale

adj.
  1. che costituisce le basi

    fondamentale [fuŋdameŋˈtaːle]1

    primmäio [priˈmaːju]

    de base [de ˈbaːze]

    ciù importante [ˈtʃy ŋpurˈtaŋte]

    studiamo le leggi fondamentali della fisica

    studiemmo e lezze primmäie da fixica

  2. di grande importanza

    fondamentale [fuŋdameŋˈtaːle]1

    (ch’o l’é) importante [iŋpurˈtaŋte]1

    grazie per il tuo contributo fondamentale

    graçie do teu contributo, ch’o l’é stæto importante

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1. Plurals of feminines in -e

Feminine nouns and adjectives ending in -e remain unchanged in the plural, keeping a form closer to the original Latin declension compared to the Italian equivalents. Thus unna ciave > doe ciave < duae claves “two keys” and unna noxe > træ noxe < tres nuces “three nuts”. Plural forms in -i, such as ciavi and noxi, are Italianisms widely spread especially in urban areas. Exceptions are feminines in -eise, whose plural form is now -eixi as in the masculine: unna zeneise > dötræ zeneixi “some Genoese women”.

Declensions

m. s m. p f. s f. p
fondamentale fondamentali fondamentale fondamentale
importante importanti importante importante
primmäio primmäi primmäia primmäie