But the articles are not only: il, la
They are
determinative, indeterminative and partitive
DETERMINATIVE:
IL masculine singular________i.e. il bambino (the baby)
LO masculine singular*_______i.e. lo straniero (the stranger)
LA femminile singular_________i.e. la amica --> l'amica (the friend [girl])
I masculine plural___________i.e. i bambini (the babies)
GLI masculine plural**_________i.e. gli amici (the friends)
LE femminile plural____________i.e. le amiche (the friends [girls])
*LO is used for words which begins with: z, gn, ps, pn, x, y, s+consonant
**GLI is used for words which begins with:
z, gn, ps, pn, x, y, s+consonant
INDETERMINATIVE:
UNO masculine singular*________i.e. uno scambio (an exchange)
UN masculine singular__________i.e. un bambino (a baby)
UNA feminile singular ___________i.e. una bambina (a baby [girl])
* UNO is used for words which begins with:
z, gn, ps, pn, x, y, s+consonant
PARTITIVE:
del, dell', dello: masculine singular_______i.e. del vino (some wine)
della, dell' : femminile singular__________i.e. dell'acqua (some water)
dei, degli : masculine plural ___________i.e. dei bambini (some babies)
delle : femminile plural________________i.e. delle bambine (some babies [girls])
italian lessons xD
Davide correggimi se ho fatto qualche errore