{"id":15890,"date":"2016-01-22T00:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=15890"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:16:57","slug":"italian-partitive-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-partitive-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Partitive Articles: Del, Dello, Della, Dei, Degli, Delle (A2-B1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-p15890-tldr\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p>&#x1F50D; <strong>Cosa impareremo oggi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Italian partitive article is just <em>di + definite article<\/em>, fused into one word: <em>del, dello, dell&#8217;, della, dei, degli, delle<\/em>.<\/li><li>You use it to say <em>some<\/em> or <em>a bit of<\/em> something, with both uncountable nouns (<em>del pane<\/em>) and countable plurals (<em>dei libri<\/em>).<\/li><li>You drop it in negative sentences (<em>non ho pane<\/em>, not <em>non ho del pane<\/em>) and it stays optional in formal writing.<\/li><li>It competes with <em>qualche<\/em> (singular form, plural meaning) and <em>alcuni\/alcune<\/em> (plural) for countable nouns, and with <em>un po&#8217; di<\/em> for uncountables: we will map all four neatly.<\/li><li>The particle <em>ne<\/em> replaces the partitive when you do not repeat the noun: <em>ne ho presi tre<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-what-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"what\">What the Italian partitive article actually is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Italian partitive article is a small fusion: the preposition <em>di<\/em> plus one of the definite articles (<em>il, lo, la, l&#8217;, i, gli, le<\/em>) glued together into a single word. The result is the seven forms <em>del, dello, dell&#8217;, della, dei, degli, delle<\/em>, used to express the idea of <em>some<\/em>, <em>a bit of<\/em>, or <em>a few<\/em>. The word <em>partitive<\/em> is a grammatical label for a bigger family of structures across European languages; in practice you can think of the Italian version as one compressed way of saying &#8220;a portion of X&#8221; without committing to how much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gender and number of the partitive agree with the noun that follows, exactly like the definite article it is built on. Before a masculine singular noun starting with most consonants you get <em>del<\/em> (<em>del pane<\/em>). Before a masculine singular noun starting with a vowel you get <em>dell&#8217;<\/em> (<em>dell&#8217;olio<\/em>). Before a masculine singular noun starting with <em>s<\/em> + consonant, <em>z<\/em>, <em>ps<\/em>, <em>gn<\/em>, or <em>x<\/em> you get <em>dello<\/em> (<em>dello zucchero, dello spazio<\/em>). The feminine follows the same pattern with <em>della<\/em> and <em>dell&#8217;<\/em>. Plural countables use <em>dei<\/em>, <em>degli<\/em> and <em>delle<\/em> with the same sound triggers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-p15890-callout-1\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p>&#x1F50D; <strong>The partitive article and the compound preposition are the same word.<\/strong> When you read <em>del<\/em> in a sentence, it can be either a partitive (&#8220;I bought some bread&#8221;) or a plain <em>di + il<\/em> compound (&#8220;the colour of the sky&#8221;). Context decides. In <em>ho comprato del pane<\/em> it is partitive; in <em>il colore del cielo<\/em> it is a compound preposition marking possession. The form is identical; the grammatical job changes.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-grid-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"grid\">The seven-form grid: del, dello, dell&#8217;, della, dei, degli, delle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the full grid. The rule of thumb: whatever definite article the noun takes, the partitive fuses it with <em>di<\/em>. Same gender, same number, same sound rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Gender\/number<\/th><th>Definite article<\/th><th>Partitive form<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>masc. sing. (most consonants)<\/td><td>il<\/td><td>del<\/td><td>del pane, del vino, del formaggio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>masc. sing. (s+cons, z, ps, gn)<\/td><td>lo<\/td><td>dello<\/td><td>dello zucchero, dello spazio, dello yogurt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>masc.\/fem. sing. (vowel)<\/td><td>l&#8217;<\/td><td>dell&#8217;<\/td><td>dell&#8217;olio, dell&#8217;acqua, dell&#8217;insalata<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fem. sing. (consonant)<\/td><td>la<\/td><td>della<\/td><td>della birra, della carne, della frutta<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>masc. plural (most consonants)<\/td><td>i<\/td><td>dei<\/td><td>dei libri, dei biscotti, dei fiori<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>masc. plural (s+cons, z, vowel)<\/td><td>gli<\/td><td>degli<\/td><td>degli amici, degli ospiti, degli studenti<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fem. plural<\/td><td>le<\/td><td>delle<\/td><td>delle scarpe, delle fragole, delle amiche<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The partitive is always a single written word. You never split it into <em>di il<\/em> or <em>di lo<\/em> in writing. The only written variant is the apostrophe form <em>dell&#8217;<\/em>, which is mandatory before a vowel in the singular and optional in the plural (<em>degli amici<\/em> is the only option; <em>dell&#8217;amici<\/em> does not exist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-uncountable-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"uncountable\">Partitive with uncountable nouns: ho comprato del pane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Uncountable nouns (food, liquids, abstract masses) are the classic home of the partitive. The speaker signals that they took or want <em>some<\/em> of the substance without saying how much. The singular partitive is the default: <em>del, dello, della, dell&#8217;<\/em>. In English you often translate with <em>some<\/em> or with no article at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Al mercato di Porta Palazzo ho comprato del pane integrale e della frutta di stagione.<br><em>At the Porta Palazzo market I bought some wholemeal bread and some seasonal fruit.<\/em><\/li><li>Se passi dal panificio, prendi anche del lievito fresco e della farina tipo zero.<br><em>If you stop by the bakery, get some fresh yeast and some type-00 flour too.<\/em><\/li><li>Mia zia ha portato dello zafferano della Sardegna e una bottiglia di vino bianco.<br><em>My aunt brought some Sardinian saffron and a bottle of white wine.<\/em><\/li><li>Per la torta serve dell&#8217;olio extravergine, non del burro.<br><em>The cake needs some extra virgin olive oil, not butter.<\/em><\/li><li>In dispensa c&#8217;&egrave; ancora del caff&egrave; macinato, ma il sacco &egrave; quasi vuoto.<br><em>There is still some ground coffee in the pantry, but the bag is almost empty.<\/em><\/li><li>Durante la prova del coro abbiamo bevuto dell&#8217;acqua frizzante per schiarirci la voce.<br><em>During the choir rehearsal we drank some sparkling water to clear our throats.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Two nuances worth noticing. First, the partitive is optional when the context already makes the idea of &#8220;some&#8221; clear: <em>ho comprato pane<\/em> and <em>ho comprato del pane<\/em> are both acceptable and mean roughly the same. The partitive just softens the sentence and foregrounds the unspecified quantity. Second, when the noun is modified by a precise measure you drop the partitive and use <em>di + noun<\/em> without the article: <em>un chilo di pane<\/em>, <em>due litri d&#8217;acqua<\/em>, <em>una fetta di formaggio<\/em>, not <em>un chilo del pane<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-countable-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"countable\">Partitive with countable plurals: ho invitato degli amici<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For countable nouns in the plural the partitive means <em>some, a few, a handful of<\/em>. It is very productive in informal and spoken Italian: <em>dei libri, degli amici, delle domande, dei fiori<\/em>. Standard Italian prefers the partitive over English <em>a few<\/em> or <em>some<\/em> in most neutral contexts; <em>qualche<\/em> and <em>alcuni<\/em> are alternatives, not substitutes, and we will compare them in a dedicated section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Per la cena di sabato ho invitato degli amici che non vedo da mesi.<br><em>For Saturday&#8217;s dinner I invited some friends I have not seen for months.<\/em><\/li><li>In libreria ho trovato dei romanzi interessanti per le vacanze estive.<br><em>At the bookshop I found some interesting novels for the summer holidays.<\/em><\/li><li>Il fioraio mi ha consigliato delle piante resistenti per il balcone a nord.<br><em>The florist suggested some hardy plants for the north-facing balcony.<\/em><\/li><li>Al corso di cucina abbiamo preparato dei biscotti alle mandorle e una crostata.<br><em>At the cooking class we made some almond biscuits and a tart.<\/em><\/li><li>Prima della riunione ti mando delle slide con gli ultimi dati delle cooperative.<br><em>Before the meeting I will send you some slides with the latest cooperative data.<\/em><\/li><li>Al mercatino di Porta Portese ho comprato dei quadri a pochi euro.<br><em>At the Porta Portese flea market I bought some paintings for a few euro.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-negative-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"negative\">Why the partitive disappears in negative sentences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Negative sentences strip out the partitive almost by default. Italian handles &#8220;I don&#8217;t have bread&#8221; as <em>non ho pane<\/em>, not <em>non ho del pane<\/em>. The logic is simple: if you are denying that something exists at all, you are not carving out a portion of it. There is nothing to take a piece of. The partitive is about &#8220;some of X is there&#8221;; the negation says &#8220;zero of X is there&#8221;, and the grammar lines up with the meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In casa non ho pane, devo passare dal panificio prima di cena.<br><em>I have no bread at home, I need to stop by the bakery before dinner.<\/em><\/li><li>Stasera non c&#8217;&egrave; vino, per&ograve; ho birra in frigo.<br><em>There is no wine tonight, but I have beer in the fridge.<\/em><\/li><li>Non abbiamo ospiti questo fine settimana, quindi puoi venire con calma.<br><em>We have no guests this weekend, so you can come at your leisure.<\/em><\/li><li>La biblioteca non ha copie disponibili del libro, bisogna prenotarlo.<br><em>The library has no available copies of the book, you need to reserve it.<\/em><\/li><li>Non vedo amici in giro, forse sono gi&agrave; andati al parco.<br><em>I see no friends around, maybe they have already gone to the park.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The drop is not mechanical. When the negation is followed by a contrast or specification, the partitive resurfaces: <em>non voglio del pane qualunque, voglio quello del panificio di via Roma<\/em> (I don&#8217;t want any old bread, I want the one from the bakery in via Roma). Here the partitive points to a specific portion the speaker is rejecting, so the grammar keeps it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-formal-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"formal\">Formal writing tends to omit the partitive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In formal registers (academic prose, legal writing, journalism with a measured tone) the partitive tends to disappear. Writers reach for the bare noun, for <em>alcuni\/alcune<\/em>, or for explicit quantifiers. &#8220;I collected some testimonies&#8221; is more likely to be written as <em>ho raccolto testimonianze<\/em> or <em>ho raccolto alcune testimonianze<\/em> than <em>ho raccolto delle testimonianze<\/em>. None of these are wrong; the partitive simply sounds more conversational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>La commissione ha valutato alcune proposte e ne ha respinte due per ragioni tecniche.<br><em>The committee evaluated some proposals and rejected two of them on technical grounds.<\/em><\/li><li>Lo studio analizza comportamenti di consumo in tre regioni del Paese.<br><em>The study analyses consumption behaviours in three regions of the country.<\/em><\/li><li>Il regolamento prevede sanzioni per chi non rispetta le scadenze.<br><em>The regulation provides penalties for those who miss the deadlines.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposite is true in conversation, WhatsApp messages, blog posts and informal prose: the partitive is everywhere. A Milanese friend asking what you bought at the supermarket is much more likely to hear <em>ho preso delle mele, del pane e della mozzarella<\/em> than a list without partitives. Matching the register to the situation is more useful than memorising &#8220;rules&#8221; about when to drop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-competitors-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"competitors\">Partitive vs qualche vs alcuni: three ways to say &#8220;some&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The partitive plural (<em>dei, degli, delle<\/em>) overlaps with two other ways of saying &#8220;some, a few&#8221; for countable nouns: <em>qualche<\/em> and <em>alcuni\/alcune<\/em>. The three are interchangeable in many sentences but they carry different grammatical baggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Form<\/th><th>Noun shape<\/th><th>Gender\/number<\/th><th>Register<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>dei \/ degli \/ delle<\/td><td>plural countable<\/td><td>agrees with noun<\/td><td>neutral\/informal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>qualche<\/td><td>always singular, plural meaning<\/td><td>invariable<\/td><td>neutral<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>alcuni \/ alcune<\/td><td>plural countable<\/td><td>agrees with noun<\/td><td>slightly more formal<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tricky one is <em>qualche<\/em>: it always sits in front of a singular noun but the meaning is plural. <em>Qualche amico<\/em> means &#8220;a few friends&#8221;, not &#8220;one friend&#8221;. This confuses English speakers because the visual signal (singular noun) clashes with the meaning (plural quantity). The other two, <em>dei\/degli\/delle<\/em> and <em>alcuni\/alcune<\/em>, pair naturally with plural nouns the way English would expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ho invitato dei colleghi, ho invitato qualche collega, ho invitato alcuni colleghi. <em>All three mean roughly the same: I invited a few colleagues.<\/em><\/li><li>Al mercato ho comprato delle fragole, qualche fragola, alcune fragole. <em>Again, three ways of saying &#8220;some strawberries&#8221; with the same overall meaning.<\/em><\/li><li>In biblioteca ci sono dei libri di storia, qualche libro di storia, alcuni libri di storia. <em>Three equivalent ways to refer to &#8220;some history books&#8221; on the shelf.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Where they diverge slightly: <em>qualche<\/em> stresses the small quantity (&#8220;a handful&#8221;), <em>alcuni<\/em> leans a shade more formal and often appears in writing, and the partitive is the most neutral option in speech. For uncountables you cannot use <em>qualche<\/em> or <em>alcuni<\/em>; the singular partitive or <em>un po&#8217; di<\/em> are your only choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-unpodi-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"unpodi\">Un po&#8217; di: the uncountable-only alternative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For uncountable nouns the partitive singular competes with <em>un po&#8217; di<\/em>, literally &#8220;a little of&#8221;. The two are close but not identical. <em>Un po&#8217; di<\/em> emphasises a small quantity, and it never fuses with the definite article: the preposition stays bare, no <em>del\/della<\/em>. It can also attach to abstract nouns (<em>un po&#8217; di pazienza<\/em>, <em>un po&#8217; di tempo<\/em>) where the partitive would sound odd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mi serve un po&#8217; di pazienza prima di rispondere alla mail del direttore.<br><em>I need a bit of patience before replying to the director&#8217;s email.<\/em><\/li><li>Ti preparo un po&#8217; di pasta al pesto, cos&igrave; mangiamo qualcosa di veloce.<br><em>I will make you a bit of pesto pasta, so we can eat something quickly.<\/em><\/li><li>Il cane vuole sempre un po&#8217; di attenzione quando rientro dal lavoro.<br><em>The dog always wants a bit of attention when I come home from work.<\/em><\/li><li>Ci vorr&agrave; un po&#8217; di tempo per abituarsi al fuso orario dopo il viaggio.<br><em>It will take a bit of time to adjust to the time zone after the trip.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The informal spelling <em>un po&#8217;<\/em> with the apostrophe is the short form of <em>un poco<\/em>. The apostrophe is mandatory: <em>un po<\/em> without it is considered a misspelling. A very common anglophone error is writing <em>un p\u00f2<\/em> with a grave accent; native Italians flag this immediately as wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-p15890-callout-2\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p>&#x1F50D; <strong>Un po&#8217; vs un p\u00f2: only the apostrophe is correct.<\/strong> <em>Un po&#8217;<\/em> is a truncation of <em>un poco<\/em>, and the apostrophe marks the dropped syllable. <em>Un p\u00f2<\/em> with an accent treats the word as if it were a standalone monosyllable like <em>gi&agrave;<\/em> or <em>gi&ugrave;<\/em>, which it is not. The accented version is a very frequent error among learners (and also in informal Italian text messages), so worth nailing once and for all.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-ne-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"ne\">The particle ne replaces the partitive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When the noun is already clear from context and you do not want to repeat it, Italian uses <em>ne<\/em> to represent the partitive portion. <em>Ne<\/em> means &#8220;some of it&#8221; or &#8220;of them&#8221; and clicks onto the verb like any other pronoun, with the same agreement rules for past participles when paired with <em>avere<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hai comprato del pane? S&igrave;, ne ho comprato un chilo.<br><em>Did you buy some bread? Yes, I bought a kilo of it.<\/em><\/li><li>Ci sono amici italiani a Berlino? Ne conosco alcuni che lavorano in una casa editrice.<br><em>Are there any Italian friends in Berlin? I know some who work at a publishing house.<\/em><\/li><li>Vuoi delle fragole? Grazie, ne prendo due o tre, non di pi&ugrave;.<br><em>Would you like some strawberries? Thanks, I will take two or three, not more.<\/em><\/li><li>Avete domande sulla presentazione? Ne avremmo alcune sulla sezione tre.<br><em>Do you have any questions on the presentation? We would have some on section three.<\/em><\/li><li>C&#8217;&egrave; ancora dello zucchero? Ce n&#8217;&egrave; un po&#8217;, forse basta per il caff&egrave;.<br><em>Is there still some sugar? There is a bit, maybe enough for the coffee.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice how the partitive is not repeated once <em>ne<\/em> is in the sentence: you say <em>ne ho comprato un chilo<\/em>, not <em>ne ho comprato del pane<\/em>. The particle already carries the &#8220;some of it&#8221; meaning. Past participles agree with the quantity only when <em>ne<\/em> refers to a countable plural: <em>ne ho presi tre<\/em> (three of them, masc.), <em>ne ho prese tre<\/em> (three of them, fem.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-mistakes-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"mistakes\">Common mistakes English speakers make<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Keeping the partitive in negative sentences.<\/strong> <em>Non ho del pane<\/em> is the kind of sentence an English speaker produces by translating word-for-word. Say <em>non ho pane<\/em>. The rule is not absolute (contrastive contexts keep the partitive), but the default is drop.<\/li><li><strong>Pairing qualche with a plural noun.<\/strong> <em>Qualche amici<\/em> is wrong. <em>Qualche<\/em> always goes with a singular noun even when the meaning is plural: <em>qualche amico<\/em>.<\/li><li><strong>Writing un po&#8217; without the apostrophe, or worse un p\u00f2 with the accent.<\/strong> The correct form is <em>un po&#8217;<\/em>, apostrophe only.<\/li><li><strong>Splitting di + articolo in writing.<\/strong> The partitive is always written as one word: <em>della frutta<\/em>, not <em>di la frutta<\/em>. The split form does not exist in standard Italian.<\/li><li><strong>Using dei \/ delle with a precise measure.<\/strong> When you specify a quantity, drop the article entirely: <em>un chilo di mele<\/em>, <em>due litri d&#8217;acqua<\/em>, <em>una fetta di torta<\/em>, not <em>un chilo delle mele<\/em>.<\/li><li><strong>Forgetting ne when the noun is omitted.<\/strong> English can just say &#8220;I bought three&#8221;; Italian needs the particle: <em>ne ho comprati tre<\/em>. Without <em>ne<\/em> the sentence sounds truncated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-p15890-challenge-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-h2-challenge-15890 gb-headline-text\" id=\"challenge\">&#x1F3AF; Mini-challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill the blank with the correct form: partitive (<em>del\/dello\/della\/dell&#8217;\/dei\/degli\/delle<\/em>), <em>un po&#8217; di<\/em>, <em>qualche<\/em>, <em>alcuni\/alcune<\/em>, or no article at all. Some sentences accept more than one answer. Reveal the key below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Al supermercato ho preso _____ (pane), _____ (mele) e _____ (latte).<\/li><li>Non ho _____ (tempo) per finire il progetto prima di venerd&igrave;.<\/li><li>Mi serve _____ (pazienza) per capire questo esercizio sui clitici.<\/li><li>In libreria ho trovato _____ (romanzi) interessanti per le vacanze.<\/li><li>_____ (amico) mi ha consigliato un buon ristorante in zona Navigli.<\/li><li>Vuoi _____ (vino)? S&igrave;, grazie, _____ (bicchiere) mi basta.<\/li><li>La commissione ha esaminato _____ (proposte) e ne ha approvate tre.<\/li><li>C&#8217;&egrave; _____ (zucchero) in dispensa? 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The seven forms are del, dello, della, dell&#8217;, dei, degli, delle, and they agree in gender and number with the noun they introduce.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-part-q2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">When do I use del, dello, della, dell&#8217;?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>You use del before masculine singular nouns starting with most consonants (del pane), dello before masculine singular nouns starting with s+consonant, z, ps, gn (dello zucchero), dell&#8217; before singular nouns starting with a vowel (dell&#8217;acqua, dell&#8217;olio), and della before feminine singular nouns starting with a consonant (della birra).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-part-q3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Can I drop the partitive article?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes, and in many cases you should. Negative sentences drop the partitive by default (non ho pane, not non ho del pane). Formal writing also tends to omit it, preferring the bare noun or quantifiers like alcuni. In conversation and informal prose the partitive stays and sounds natural.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-part-q4\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is the difference between del and qualche?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Dei, degli, delle pair with plural countable nouns and agree with gender and number. Qualche is invariable and always pairs with a singular noun even when the meaning is plural: qualche amico means a few friends, not one friend. The two are interchangeable in many contexts but qualche stresses a small quantity, the partitive is more neutral.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-part-q5\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">When do I use un po&#8217; di instead of the partitive?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Un po&#8217; di is the natural choice with abstract uncountable nouns (un po&#8217; di pazienza, un po&#8217; di tempo), where the partitive would sound odd. With concrete uncountables (bread, wine, sugar) both forms work but un po&#8217; di emphasises a small quantity while the partitive is neutral.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-part-q6\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How does the particle ne relate to the partitive?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ne replaces the partitive when you do not repeat the noun. Instead of saying ho comprato del pane, ho comprato del pane you say the first clause, then ne ho comprato un chilo. Ne means of it or some of them and triggers past-participle agreement when the noun is a countable plural.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-part-q7\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Is it un po&#8217; or un p\u00f2?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Un po&#8217; with the apostrophe is the only correct spelling. It is a truncation of un poco, and the apostrophe marks the dropped syllable. Un p\u00f2 with a grave accent is a very common misspelling but it is always wrong.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Related guides: <a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-indefinite-adjectives-and-pronouns\/\">Italian indefinite adjectives and pronouns: ogni, qualche, alcuni<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-compound-prepositions\/\">Italian compound prepositions: del, allo, sulla, nei<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-ci-ne-particles\/\">Ci and ne: the two tricky Italian particles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1F50D; Cosa impareremo oggi The Italian partitive article is just di + definite article, fused into one word: del, dello, dell&#8217;, della, dei, degli, delle. You use it to say some or a bit of something, with both uncountable nouns (del pane) and countable plurals (dei libri). 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