{"id":17464,"date":"2023-10-24T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=17464"},"modified":"2023-10-25T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:44:22","slug":"the-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/the-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"The articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Articles are divided into definite<\/strong> and indefinite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Definite Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

The definite articles<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n

il, lo, la;<\/strong><\/span> with nouns in the singular<\/p>\n

i, gli, le;<\/strong><\/span> with nouns in the plural<\/p>\n

and indicate people, animals and specific things.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

Ho comprato il <\/span>quaderno nuovo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ho comprato i <\/span>quaderni nuovi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indefinite Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

The indefinite articles<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n

un, uno, una<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

and indicate people, animals and not well-defined things.<\/p>\n

These articles have only the singular form and not the plural one; therefore when faced with plural nouns we must use partitive articles<\/strong>, which are:<\/p>\n

del, dello, della, dei, degli, delle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

which have the same meaning as alcuni, alcune, un po’ di<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

Ho comprato un<\/span> quaderno nuovo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ho comprato dei<\/span> quaderni nuovi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ATTENTION!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The articles la<\/span> <\/strong>and una<\/span> <\/strong>become l’<\/span><\/strong> and un’<\/span><\/strong> in front of feminine singular nouns that begin with a vowel<\/em>. For example:<\/p>\n

l\u2019<\/span>acqua, un\u2019<\/span>amica<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

the same applies to lo<\/strong><\/span>, which becomes l’<\/span><\/strong> in front of masculine singular nouns that begin with a vowel. While it does not undergo the same change as uno<\/span><\/strong>, which in the same situation loses the final \u2013o<\/span><\/strong> but does not take any apostrophe in its place. For example:<\/p>\n

l\u2019<\/span>albergo, un<\/span> amico<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Test yourself with this exercise on definite and indefinite articles.<\/h3>\n