Apocope
It is called apocope the loss of one or more sounds at the end of a word.
The apocope
| 1. | is mandatory | a. with UNO, ALCUNO, NESSUNO, BUONO, GRANDE, | un libro, |
| 2. | iis mandatory in front of a consonant | a. with QUELLO and BELLO d | quel ragazzo, bel giorno |
| 3. | is common | with words that have an L or an R before the final vowel and with Tale and Quale | mal di mare, fior di latte, tal giorno, qual è, pan di Spagna, mal di testa, mal di denti |
| 4. | is used | with terms that have an M or an N before the final vowel and with the terms SUORA, FRATE and SANTO | fin qui, fin là, andiam piano, suor Chiara, Fra Galdino, San Pietro |
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