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Italian definite articles (singular)

Italian definite articles (singular)

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Italian definite articles (singular)

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There are four definite articles (words for "the") for singular nouns in Italian.

  • il

  • la

  • l'

  • lo

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Fill in the Blank

What is a definite article?

It is the words for _ _ _

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How to use the definite articles in Italian?

  • il: is used when the noun is a masculine noun starting with a consonant

  • e.g. succo = juice, a masculine noun

  • thus, il succo

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Multiple Select

Which two of the following nouns use "il"? (select 2)

1

pizza

2

biscotto

3

panino

4

pasta

5

carne

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How to use the definite articles in Italian?

  • la: is used when the noun is a feminine noun starting with a consonant

  • e.g. pasta, feminine noun

  • thus, la pasta

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Multiple Select

Which two of the following nouns use "la"? (select 2)

1

melanzana

2

latte

3

mozzarella

4

gelato

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How to use the definite articles in Italian?

  • l': is used when the noun starts with a vowel, regardless masculine or feminine

  • e.g. aglio = garlic, masculine noun starting with a vowel

  • e.g. acqua = water, feminine noun starting with a vowel

  • thus, l'aglio, l'acqua

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Multiple Select

Which two of the following nouns use "l'"?

1

oliva

2

pomodoro

3

pizza

4

l'acqua

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How to use the definite articles in Italian?

  • lo: is used when the noun is a masculine noun starting with "s" + consonant or "z"

  • e.g. zucchero = sugar, masculine starting with a "z"

  • e.g. sport = sport, masculine nouns starting with s + p (s + a consonant)

  • thus, lo zucchero, lo sport

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ pomodoro

1

il

2

la

3

l'

4

lo

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ basilico

1

il

2

la

3

l'

4

lo

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ uovo

1

il

2

la

3

l'

4

lo

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ olio

1

il

2

la

3

l'

4

lo

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ caffè (masculine)

1

il

2

la

3

l'

4

lo

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ peperone (masc)

1

il

2

la

3

l'

4

lo

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Multiple Choice

Words ending in "o" are usually masculine and words ending in "a" are usually feminine.

Words ending in "e"

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must be masculine

2

must be feminine

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can be either masculine or feminine

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are both masculine and feminine

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To check the gender of the words ending in "e", we need to use Wordreference.

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How to use the definite articles in Italian?

Italian definite articles (singular)

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