Italiandefinitearticleschangeaccordingtothegender(masculine-feminine)andnumber(singular-plural)ofthenountheyintroduce.PODCAST.
Femininearticlesareusedbeforefemininenouns,la andl’ forsingularandle forplural.Indetail:
- laisusedbeforenouns beginningwithaconsonant;
- l’isusedbeforenouns beginningwithavowel(a,e,i,o,u);
- leisusedasthepluralforbothlaandl’:
Therearedifferentmasculinedefinitearticles
threesingular:il,loandl’ ;twoplural:iandgli. Indetail:
- l’ comesbeforemasculinewordsbeginningwithavowel;
- lo comesbeforemasculinewordsstartingwithz,gn,ps,s+consonant;
- ilisthemostcommon,usedinallothercases;
- iisthepluralofil;
- gliisthepluralof l’andlo;