DETERMINING ARTICLE – L'ARTICOLO DETERMINATIVO
In Italian, it stands before the word, separately. We distinguish several definite articles, depending on the gender and number of the noun, and for each gender and number they are subdivided according to the letter with which the word begins.
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m.r. unit h. – IL – consonant + vowel – L' – vowel – LO – S+ consonant, Z |
m.r. pl.
– I – GLI – GLI |
the father
the heart the friend the hotel the student the uncle |
my father
the hearts the friends the hotels the students the brothers |
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railway unit h – LA – consonant – L' – vowel |
railways plural – LE – LE |
the mother
the camera the friend the student the aunt |
the madrid
the rooms the friends the students the sky |
Use of the art.
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| Ø Continents, countries, regions, islands, mountains, rivers
l'Asia – l'Italia – la Toscana – il Tevere – la Sicilia Ø Feminine proper names: la Maria, la Morante Ø Aliases, nicknames: Perugino Ø Proper names denoting the author's work: I bought Petrarch |
Ø Cities and small islands:
Ø Sofia, Elba… Ø Off l'Aia - The Hague Ø Masculine proper names Ø Possessive pronouns with cognate nouns in the singular, except for loro: Ø mia madre, tuo fratello, nostra nonna, sua figlia, la loro figlia |
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