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