Masculine Articles
begins with a consonant
il/i
begins with a consonant
la/le
Make plural: tassi
l tassi
indefinite article: borsa
Una borsa
What are articles?
Articles are words that accompany nouns.They signal whether the noun is a particular person, place, thing, or idea or an unspecified one.
begins with a vowel
i'/gli
begins with a vowel
l/le
make plural: autobus
Gli autobus
Indefinite article:settimana
una settimana
What is an indefinite article?
Indefinite articles refer to an unspecified person person, place, thing, or idea and correspond to a/an in english.In Italian, the form of the indefinite article changes according to gender of the noun that follows it. They are used with singular nouns.
begins with a s+ consonant, GN, PN, PS, X,Y,Z
lo/gli
Indefinite feminine singular article comes before a noun beginning with a consonant
una
Make plural:sera
Le sere
indefinite article:Autobus
un autobus
What are definite articles?
Definite articles indicate a specific person, place, thing, idea and correspond to the in english. In Italian the form of the definite article changes according to the gender and number of the noun that follows it.
Definite Masculine singular article comes before a noun beginning with a vowel.
L'
Indefinite feminine sigular article comes before a noun beginning with a vowel
Un'
make plural: stazione
Le stazione
indefinite article: automobile
un'automobile
What would "His cat" be?
il suo gatto
If a masculine singular noun begins with the letter z, s + consonant, then the indefinite article___ is used.
uno
Before a feminine noun that begins with a vowel, the indefinite___ is used.
un'
make plural:matita
Le matita
indefinite article: ristorante
Un ristorante
what would "His cats" be?
l suoi gatti