Permachart - Marketing Reference Guide: Italian Grammar, Demonstrative, La Pesca
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Articles: introduce and define nouns, agree with nouns gender and number, the articles may be definite or indefinite. Alphabet: the italian alphabet has 21 letters, the letters j, k, w, x, y are usually found in words that have been borrowed from other languages. Definite articles are used to designate specific persons or things (il gatto miagola. [the cat meows. ]) or to indicate a category (il cane un animale domestico. Il and i are used before masculine nouns beginning with most consonants (il tavolo / i tavoli [the table / the tables]) Lo before nouns beginning with vowels becomes l" (l"albero [the tree]) La and le are used before feminine nouns (la gonna / le gonne [the skirt / skirts]) La before nouns beginning with vowels becomes l" (l"anima [the soul] Singular il lo (l" before vowels) la (l" before vowels)
