Italian Articles

“Definite articles”, corresponding to the English “The”.

They are used to indicate people, animals or things that are specific, that cannot be confused with others. They introduce things that are known to the people we are talking with. (download)

	Maschile			Femminile
Singular	IL	LO	L’	LA	L’
	Before masculine nouns starting with consonant (except: s+ consonant, z, y, ps, pn, gn)	Before masculine nouns starting with specific consonants: s+ consonant, z, y, ps, pn, gn.	Before masculine nouns starting with vowel.	Before feminine nouns starting with consonant.	Before feminine nouns starting with vowel.
	Es. IL BAMBINO, IL TAVOLO	Es. LO STUDENTE, LO ZIO, LO YOGURT	Es. L’ELEFANTE, L’AMICO	Es. LA CASA, LA SCUOLA, LA STAZIONE. LA BAMBINA	Es. L’AMICA, L’ACQUA
Plural	I	GLI	GLI	LE	LE
	Es. I BAMBINI, I TAVOLI	Es. GLI STUDENTI, LO ZII, GLI YOGURT	Es. GLI ELEFANTI, GLI AMICI	Es. LE CASE, LE SCUOLE, LE STAZIONI. LE BAMBINE	Es. LE AMICHE, LE ACQUE

 

“Indefinite Articles”, corresponding to the English “A, An”.

They are used to indicate people, animals or things that are not specific, that we don’t know exactly as specific thing or object. They don’t have plural. (download)

	Maschile		Femminile
Singular	UN	UNO	UNA	UN’
	Before masculine nouns starting with consonant (except: s+ consonant, z, y, ps, pn, gn) Before masculine nouns starting with vowel.	Before masculine nouns starting with specific consonants: s+ consonant, z, y, ps, pn, gn.	Before feminine nouns starting with consonant.	Before feminine nouns starting with vowel.
	Es. UN BAMBINO, UN TAVOLO Es. UN ELEFANTE, UN AMICO	Es. UNO STUDENTE, UNO ZIO, UNO YOGURT	Es. UNA CASA, UNA SCUOLA, UNA STAZIONE, UNA BAMBINA.	Es. UN’AMICA, UN’ACQUA