Articoli Flashcards
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How many types of articles are there in Italian?
3
What do you call all types of articles in Italian?
Determinativi, Indeterminativi, Partitivi
What do you call all types of articles in English?
Determinate, Indefinite, Partitive
List all determinate articles
IL, LO, LA, I, GLI, LE
List all indefinite articles
UN, UNO, UNA
List all partitive articles
DEL, DELLO, DELLA, DEI, DEGLI, DELLE
Which nouns does LO precede?
Nouns starting with:
- vowels
- x, y, z
- s + consonant
- gn, pn, ps
- i + vowel
Which nouns does IL precede?
Nouns starting with a consonant
Which nouns does GLI precede?
Nouns starting with:
- vowels
- x, y, z
- s + consonant
- gn, pn, ps
- i + vowel
Which nouns does I precede?
Nouns starting with consonants
Which nouns does UN precede?
Nouns starting with consonants or vowels, except those preceded by UNO.
Which nouns does UNO precede?
Nouns starting with:
- x, y, z
- s + consonant
- gn, pn, ps
- i + vowel
What’s the plural of UN?
DEI
What’s the plural of UNO?
DEGLI
What’s the plural of UNA?
DELLE
When do you use DEL?
In the same instances you would use IL.
When do you use DELLO?
In the same instances you would use LO, which are nouns starting with:
- vowels
- x, y, z
- s + consonant
- gn, pn, ps
- i + vowel
When do you use DEI?
In the same instances you would use I/UN.
When do you use DEGLI?
In the same instances you would use GLI/UNO, which are nouns starting with:
- vowels
- x, y, z
- s + consonant
- gn, pn, ps
- i + vowel
What happens if a noun starts with H?
If it is preceded by LO, you would turn LO into L’. If it is preceded by LA/UNA, you turn them into L’/UN’.
What determinate article do CASA, STRADA and ROSA take?
LA
What determinate article do ISOLA, ANCORA and INIZIATIVA take?
L’(LA)
What determinate article does IENA take?
LA
What determinate article do CANE, RISTORANTE and QUADRO take?
IL
