Italian Articles and
Demonstratives Definite Article - The
Masculine | | Feminine |
| il | eel | sing., before consonants | | la | lah | sing., before consonants |
| lo | low | sing., before z, gn, or s + cons. | |
| l' | l | sing., before vowels | | l' | l | sing., before vowels |
| i | ee | plural, before consonants | | le | leh | plural, before consonants and vowels |
| gli | lyee | plural, before vowels, z, gn, or s + cons. | |
Indefinite Articles - A, an, some
| Masculine | | Feminine |
| A, An | un | oon | before consonant or vowel | | una | oon-ah | before consonants |
| uno | oon-oh | before z, gn, or s + consonant | | un' | oon | before vowels |
| Some | dei | day | before consonants | | delle | dell-eh | before vowels and consonants |
| degli | deh-lyee | before vowels, z, gn, or s + cons. | |
Demonstratives - This, that, these, and
those
| This and these |
| This | These | |
| Masc. | questo | questi | before a consonant |
| quest' | questi | before a vowel |
| | | |
| Fem. | questa | queste | before a consonant |
| quest' | queste | before a vowel |
| That and those |
| That | Those | |
| Masc. | quel | quei | before a consonant |
| quell' | quegli | before a vowel |
| quello | quegli | before z, gn, or s + consonant |
| | | |
| Fem. | quella | quelle | before a consonant |
| quell' | quelle | before a vowel |
Note: If you use that and those as a subject, use these four
forms: quello for masculine singular, quella
for feminine singular, quelli for masculine
plural, and quelle for feminine plural. |
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