{"id":7048,"date":"2025-05-26T17:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:21:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:21:39","slug":"italian-articles-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/italian-articles-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Articles Explained: The Complete Guide to Definite, Indefinite &#038; Partitive Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/greta-farnedi-rcSHhFyZN9E-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/greta-farnedi-rcSHhFyZN9E-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/greta-farnedi-rcSHhFyZN9E-unsplash-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/greta-farnedi-rcSHhFyZN9E-unsplash-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/greta-farnedi-rcSHhFyZN9E-unsplash-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/greta-farnedi-rcSHhFyZN9E-unsplash-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/greta-farnedi-rcSHhFyZN9E-unsplash-2048x1370.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, what&#8217;s an article in grammar? An article is a little word you put before a noun (or after, in some languages) to show if you&#8217;re talking about something specific or not.<\/p>\n<p>There are three kinds of Italian articles, and <strong>they all go before the noun<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>definite articles<\/strong>, when talking about specific things (English &#8220;the&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>indefinite articles<\/strong>, when talking about general things (English &#8220;a\/an&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>partitive articles<\/strong>, when talking about groups of things (&#8220;some&#8221;, &#8220;a few&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this article, I&#8217;m going to teach you when and how to use definite, indefinite, and partitive Italian articles. Let&#8217;s get started!<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.3si3af4kqw0x\"><\/a><strong>Italian definite articles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We said that definite articles are <strong>used to talk about something specific<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just one definite article in English, &#8220;the&#8221;. Italian has several, but don&#8217;t worry, they&#8217;re actually pretty easy to learn!<\/p>\n<p>Italian definite articles can be <strong>masculine<\/strong>, <strong>feminine<\/strong>, <strong>singular<\/strong> or <strong>plural<\/strong>. So, there are <strong>four groups<\/strong> of Italian definite articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>masculine singular articles<\/li>\n<li>masculine plural articles<\/li>\n<li>feminine singular articles<\/li>\n<li>feminine plural articles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The table below shows all the Italian articles in each group.<\/p>\n<table width=\"327\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"108\" height=\"32\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Singular<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Plural<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"108\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Masculine<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">il, lo, l&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">i, gli<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"108\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Feminine<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">la, l&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">le<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say you want to talk about a particular Italian cook, <strong>cuoco<\/strong>. This word is masculine in Italian and is used to refer to one thing (singular). So, you&#8217;ll have to choose between <strong>il<\/strong>, <strong>lo<\/strong>, and <strong>l&#8217;<\/strong>. How? We&#8217;ll get to the bottom of it in the next section.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.rj9yfz5ayu02\"><\/a><strong>How to use the Italian definite articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.3ybjl7g1ipj1\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>il<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>You use <strong>il<\/strong> when a noun starts with a <strong>consonant<\/strong>. There are a few exceptions to this rule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>s+consonant<\/strong> (st-, sp-, sb-, sv-, sc-, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201csh\u201d sound<\/strong> (sci-, scia-, scio-, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>z<\/strong>-, <strong>gn<\/strong>-, <strong>ps<\/strong>-, <strong>pn<\/strong>-, <strong>semi-vowels<\/strong>, and <strong>x<\/strong>&#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since &#8220;c&#8221; is a consonant and it&#8217;s not one of the exceptions, we&#8217;ll use <strong>il cuore<\/strong> to say &#8220;the heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other examples using <em>il<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>il bacio<\/strong> (the kiss)<\/li>\n<li><strong>il quadro<\/strong> (the painting)<\/li>\n<li><strong>il lupo<\/strong> (the wolf)<\/li>\n<li><strong>il satellite<\/strong> (the satellite)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.6o1e4v3a8yew\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>lo<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lo<\/strong> is used before nouns that start with a <strong>consonant<\/strong> in all cases <strong>where <em>il<\/em> isn&#8217;t used<\/strong>. Basically, just the exceptions from the previous paragraph!<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s say we know a very good psychologist, <strong>psicologo<\/strong>. We know the rule says we can&#8217;t use <em>il<\/em> with nouns starting with &#8220;ps-&#8220;. So we will use <em>lo<\/em>, <strong>lo psicologo<\/strong>, &#8220;the psychologist&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples with <em>lo<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>lo studio<\/strong> (the study)<\/li>\n<li><strong>lo sciame<\/strong> (the swarm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>lo zoo<\/strong> (the zoo)<\/li>\n<li><strong>lo yogurt<\/strong> (the yogurt)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.4g6an0g9fp98\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>l&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The sign &#8216; is called an <strong>apostrophe<\/strong>. In Italian, just like in English, you use an apostrophe to show that a letter has been cut. For example, &#8220;it is&#8221; becomes &#8220;it&#8217;s&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>L&#8217;<\/strong> is used before nouns that start with a <strong>vowel<\/strong>. It&#8217;s the short form of <em>lo<\/em>, but you can&#8217;t use <em>lo<\/em> with an Italian noun that starts with a vowel.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say there is a tree in your garden, an <strong>albero<\/strong>. <em>A<\/em> is a vowel, so we will say <strong>l&#8217;albero<\/strong>, &#8220;the tree&#8221;. Never say <em>lo albero<\/em>, unless you want to sound like a knight straight out of <em>Orlando furioso<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Just a heads-up: <strong>semi-vowels i<\/strong>, <strong>j<\/strong>, and <strong>y<\/strong> use <em>lo<\/em>, since semi-vowels behave like consonants with Italian articles.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples with <em>l&#8217;<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;arco<\/strong> (the bow)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;elmo<\/strong> (the helmet)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;incontro <\/strong>(the encounter)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;orto<\/strong> (the vegetable garden)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;ululato<\/strong> (the howling)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see in the table above, plural masculine Italian definite articles (that is&#8230;a mouthful!) are <strong>i<\/strong> and <strong>gli<\/strong>. Let&#8217;s take a look at how to use them.<\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.m0w02andpkdq\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>i<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you use <strong>il<\/strong> in the singular, you use <strong>i<\/strong> in the plural. So, the same exceptions that you had before still apply here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>s+consonant<\/strong> (st-, sp-, sb-, sv-, sc-, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201csh\u201d sound<\/strong> (sci-, scia-, scio-, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>z<\/strong>-, <strong>gn<\/strong>-, <strong>ps<\/strong>-, <strong>pn<\/strong>-, <strong>semi-vowels<\/strong>, and <strong>x<\/strong>&#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, the plural of <em>il cuore<\/em> is <strong>i cuori<\/strong>, because <em>il<\/em> becomes <em>i<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples with <em>i<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>i baci<\/strong> (the kisses)<\/li>\n<li><strong>i quadri<\/strong> (the paintings)<\/li>\n<li><strong>i lupi<\/strong> (the wolves)<\/li>\n<li><strong>i satelliti<\/strong> (the satellites)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.7bieszyf48i\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>gli<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Plural masculine nouns that don&#8217;t use <em>i<\/em> in the plural use <strong>gli<\/strong>. This means that nouns that use <em>lo<\/em> or <em>l&#8217;<\/em> in the singular use <em>gli<\/em> in the plural.<\/p>\n<p>We mentioned <em>lo psicologo<\/em> a little while back. When it&#8217;s plural, it becomes <strong>gli psicologi<\/strong>, since we&#8217;ve just said that <em>lo<\/em> becomes <em>gli<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples with <em>gli<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>gli studi<\/strong> (the studies)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli sciami<\/strong> (the swarms)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli zoo<\/strong> (the zoos)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli yogurt<\/strong> (the yogurts)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli archi<\/strong> (the bows)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli elmi<\/strong> (the helmets)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli incontri <\/strong>(the encounters)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli orti<\/strong> (the vegetable gardens)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli ululati<\/strong> (the howlings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve now seen all the masculine Italian definite articles. Now, let&#8217;s take a look at how Italian articles are used with <strong>feminine<\/strong> nouns. Let&#8217;s start with <em>la<\/em> and <em>l&#8217;<\/em> for singular nouns.<\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.jm352ks3r2nb\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>la<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We use <strong>la<\/strong> before any noun beginning with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a <strong>consonant<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>semi-vowel i\/y\/j<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>h<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>w<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, we say <strong>la tavola<\/strong>, &#8220;the table&#8221;, and <strong>la iena<\/strong>, &#8220;the hyena&#8221;. This is because the i- in <em>iena<\/em> is not a vowel, but a <strong>semi-vowel<\/strong>. Don&#8217;t worry too much, as semi-vowels are rare and not as common as vowels in Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples with <em>la<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>la balena<\/strong> (the whale)<\/li>\n<li><strong>la hall<\/strong> (the hall)<\/li>\n<li><strong>la scrivania<\/strong> (the desk)<\/li>\n<li><strong>la libreria<\/strong> (the bookcase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For vowels, we need to use another Italian article.<\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.6ult6x6rymu0\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>l&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alright, we&#8217;ve been here before. <em>L&#8217;<\/em> was the shortened form of <em>lo<\/em>, remember?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also short for <strong>la<\/strong> and it&#8217;s used before feminine nouns that start with a <strong>vowel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, we&#8217;ll say <strong>l&#8217;arena<\/strong>, &#8220;the arena&#8221;, because &#8220;a&#8221; is a vowel.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples with <em>l&#8217;<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;arancia<\/strong> (the orange)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;erba<\/strong> (the grass, the herb)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;iride<\/strong> (the iris)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;orma<\/strong> (the footprint)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;uscita<\/strong> (the exit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.qrfipmmr16fj\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>le<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There&#8217;s just one feminine plural definite article (phew!): <strong>le<\/strong>. No matter what kind of noun you&#8217;ve got in the singular, the plural form will always be <em>le<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <em>l&#8217;arena<\/em> will become <strong>le arene<\/strong>, &#8220;the arenas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples with <em>le<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>le arance<\/strong> (the oranges)<\/li>\n<li><strong>le erbe<\/strong> (the herbs)<\/li>\n<li><strong>le iridi<\/strong> (the irises)<\/li>\n<li><strong>le orme<\/strong> (the footprints)<\/li>\n<li><strong>le uscite<\/strong> (the exits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.qac9stwn1tiz\"><\/a><strong>When to use the Italian definite articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Italian definite articles are used to talk about something specific. This includes <strong>general groups<\/strong> and <strong>uncountable nouns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, consider the sentence &#8220;I like cats&#8221;. See how you don&#8217;t need an article here? You can&#8217;t just say &#8220;I like the cats&#8221; without specifying which cats you mean. For example, you&#8217;d use an article only if you were talking about <em>those<\/em> two cats purring on the sill.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of thing doesn&#8217;t happen in Italian. We use the definite article even for groups of things that are pretty generic. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adoro i gatti.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I love cats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mi piacciono i cani.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I like dogs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Odio gli scarafaggi.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I hate cockroaches.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I leoni mi fanno paura.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I&#8217;m afraid of lions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the same time, Italian articles are used before uncountable nouns like &#8220;milk&#8221; and &#8220;water&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As an English speaker, it would be unnatural for you to say &#8220;<em>the<\/em> water boils at 100 \u00b0C&#8221;. But that&#8217;s just how we do things in Italian! Some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>L&#8217;acqua bolle a 100 \u00b0C.<br \/>\n<\/strong> Water boils at 100 \u00b0C.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I bambini dovrebbero andare a letto presto.<br \/>\n<\/strong> Children should go to bed early.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I leoni vivono nella savana.<br \/>\n<\/strong> Lions live in the savannah.<\/li>\n<li><strong>La birra \u00e8 una bevanda alcolica.<br \/>\n<\/strong> Beer is an alcoholic drink.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another <strong>big difference<\/strong> is that <strong>possessives<\/strong> must be preceded by a definite article in Italian. This sounds very unnatural in English:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dov&#8217;\u00e8 la mia borsa?<br \/>\n<\/strong> Where&#8217;s my bag?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Il tuo libro \u00e8 molto avvincente.<br \/>\n<\/strong> Your book is super interesting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ho trovato le tue chiavi.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I found your keys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another thing that&#8217;s different with English is how we name <strong>countries and places around the world<\/strong>. You have to use a definite article in Italian. Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;Italia<\/strong> (Italy)<\/li>\n<li><strong>la Germania<\/strong> (Germany)<\/li>\n<li><strong>la Francia<\/strong> (France)<\/li>\n<li><strong>la Spagna<\/strong> (Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gli Stati Uniti<\/strong> (the United States)<\/li>\n<li><strong>il Regno Unito<\/strong> (the United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;America<\/strong> (America)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;Asia<\/strong> (Asia)<\/li>\n<li><strong>l&#8217;Europa<\/strong> (Europe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>But<\/em> you don&#8217;t use an article with a country name if it&#8217;s in the singular and the <strong>preposition <em>in<\/em><\/strong> comes right before it. So you say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>L&#8217;Italia, la Spagna e la Germania sono Paesi europei.<br \/>\n<\/strong> Italy, Spain, and Germany are European countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sono stato in Italia, in Spagna e in Germania.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I have been to Italy, Spain, and Germany.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non sono mai stato negli Stati Uniti.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I have never been to the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You also use a definite article in Italian when <strong>telling the time<\/strong>. Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sono le due del mattino.<br \/>\n<\/strong> It&#8217;s two in the morning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partir\u00f2 alle quattro e mezza.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I&#8217;ll leave at half past four.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Il treno arriver\u00e0 all&#8217;una.<br \/>\n<\/strong> The train will arrive at one o&#8217;clock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And Italian definite articles are also used to <strong>describe one&#8217;s appearance<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michela ha gli occhi azzurri.<br \/>\n<\/strong> Michela has blue eyes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mia zia ha i capelli bianchi.<br \/>\n<\/strong> My aunt has white hair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s discuss when to use Italian <strong>indefinite<\/strong> articles.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.kmih90x84ite\"><\/a><strong>Italian indefinite articles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Indefinite articles are used to talk about a <strong>noun that isn&#8217;t specified<\/strong>. They&#8217;re just used in the singular, and they can be either <strong>masculine<\/strong> or <strong>feminine<\/strong>, as you can see in the table below:<\/p>\n<table width=\"226\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"108\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Masculine<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">un, uno<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"108\" height=\"32\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Feminine<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">una, un&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.6bkd35iwra70\"><\/a><strong>How to use the Italian indefinite articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.daigh9r21b0i\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>un<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>You use <strong>un<\/strong> when a noun starts with a <strong>consonant<\/strong>. There are a few exceptions to this rule. Do you see the pattern here? These exceptions are the same ones as for the definite article <em>il<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>s+consonant<\/strong> (st-, sp-, sb-, sv-, sc-, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201csh\u201d sound<\/strong> (sci-, scia-, scio-, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>z<\/strong>-, <strong>gn<\/strong>-, <strong>ps<\/strong>-, <strong>pn<\/strong>-, <strong>semi-vowels<\/strong>, and <strong>x<\/strong>&#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>un lupo<\/strong> (a wolf)<\/li>\n<li><strong>un bacio<\/strong> (a kiss)<\/li>\n<li><strong>un quadro<\/strong> (a painting)<\/li>\n<li><strong>un satellite<\/strong> (a satellite)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.21reab7r7h1\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>uno<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Uno<\/strong> is used before nouns that start with a <strong>consonant<\/strong> in all cases <strong>where <em>un<\/em> cannot be used<\/strong>. If the noun takes <em>lo<\/em> as a definite article, use <em>uno<\/em> as an indefinite article!<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>uno yogurt<\/strong> (a yogurt)<\/li>\n<li><strong>uno studio<\/strong> (a study)<\/li>\n<li><strong>uno sciame<\/strong> (a swarm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>uno zoo<\/strong> (a zoo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.41jtvrm0g54l\"><\/a><strong>When to use <em>una<\/em> and <em>un&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve seen in the table above, there are two possible feminine Italian indefinite articles: <strong>una<\/strong> and <strong>un&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We use <strong>una<\/strong> before any noun beginning with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>w<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>a <strong>consonant<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>semi-vowel i\/y\/j<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>h<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all other cases, for <strong>vowels<\/strong>, we use <strong>un&#8217;<\/strong>, which is short for <em>una<\/em>. It&#8217;s this simple! Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>un&#8217;arancia<\/strong> (an orange)<\/li>\n<li><strong>un&#8217;erba<\/strong> (an herb)<\/li>\n<li><strong>un&#8217;iride<\/strong> (an iris)<\/li>\n<li><strong>un&#8217;orma<\/strong> (a footprint)<\/li>\n<li><strong>un&#8217;uscita<\/strong> (an exit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s talk about partitive articles. These articles might not be as intuitive for you since they&#8217;re not present in English, but they&#8217;re easy to learn.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-7048-_heading=h.u5qvqshgfhsd\"><\/a><strong>Italian partitive articles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In Italian, partitive articles are a special kind of article used to talk about an <strong>unspecified amount of things<\/strong>. You can use them to talk about <em>a few pens<\/em>, <em>some cats<\/em>, or even <em>a bit of flour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re formed by adding a definite article to the <strong>preposition <em>di<\/em><\/strong> which means &#8220;of&#8221;. Here are all the possible partitive articles in Italian:<\/p>\n<table width=\"507\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"27\" height=\"30\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Di<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>del<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"53\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>dello<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"52\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>della<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>dell<\/b>&#8216;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>dei<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"52\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>degli<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"51\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>delle<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"27\" height=\"30\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">+<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">il<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"53\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">lo<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"52\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">la<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"45\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">l&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">i<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"52\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">gli<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"51\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">le<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As you can see, they&#8217;re both <strong>singular <\/strong>and<strong> plural<\/strong>, <strong>masculine <\/strong>and <strong>feminine<\/strong>, since there&#8217;s one partitive article for each definite article in Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mi serve dello zucchero.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I need some sugar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hai delle biro da prestarmi?<br \/>\n<\/strong> Do you have any pens I can borrow?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ho comprato delle fragole.<br \/>\n<\/strong> I bought some strawberries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With enough practice, distinguishing partitive articles from other forms of the preposition <em>di<\/em> that translate to &#8220;of the&#8221; will come naturally to you. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I vestiti delle ragazze sono azzurri.<br \/>\n<\/strong> The girls&#8217; dresses are blue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this example, <em>delle<\/em> means &#8220;of the&#8221;. It is not a partitive article!<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to practice using Italian articles to name specific objects around you! 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With features such as Grammar Challenges, Cloze-Listening, and Cloze-Reading, the app will let you emphasize all the competencies necessary to become fluent in Italian.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/languages\/learn-italian-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take your Italian to the next level. Click here to start practicing with real Italian sentences!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, what&#8217;s an article in grammar? An article is a little word you put before a noun (or after, in some languages) to show if you&#8217;re talking about something specific or not. 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