ARTICOLI INDETERMINATIVI
(definite articles)
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In English: Indefinite articles are <<<< A >>>> and <<<< AN >>>>
Example:
A friend,
AN enemy a is used in front of words that begin with a consonant an is used with words that begin with a vowel |
| In English: definite article is <<<< THE >>>> |
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What is the difference between
THE TRAIN and A TRAIN. THE is used when the people communicating already know which train they are talking about A is using referring to a generic train.
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TRY with THE BOOK and A BOOK. Write two sentence, one with THE and the other with A. It will be clear that when you use THE, the people communicating already know WHICH book they are referring to. When they use A, at least one of the people communicating does not know WHICH book. EX: "I read it in the book." Both know WHICH book "I read it in a book." The speaker may or may not know (remember) which book. The listener does not know. |
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IN ITALIANO
UN - UNO UNA |
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MASCULINE WORDS UN or UNO UN
UN professore UN
libro UN giorno UN Uomo
UN Amico
UN Italiano
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UNO UNO STudente UNO STadio UNO SPAzio UNO Zero UNO Zio
before <Z>, or the letter <S> followed by another consonant -- MASCULINE WORDS |
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UNA: before CONSONANT --- FEMININE WORDS:
UNA Lezione UNA Classe UNA Scuola
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before
VOWEL -- FEMININE WORDS UNA => UN' apostrophe, to indicate we remove the final A in UNA
UN' Amica (una amica > un' operazione)
UN' Utopia (una utopia > un'utopia)
UN' Idea (una idea > un' idea) |
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ESERCIZIO 1
ARTICOLI INDETERMINATIVI MASCHILI
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| Articolo | Traduzione | |
| signore | ||
| amore | ||
| esempio | ||
| presidente | ||
| idolo | ||
| quaderno | ||
| orologio | ||
| studente | ||
| bravo studente | ||
| uccello | ||
| sciocco | ||
| zappatore | ||
| zufolo | ||
| zero | ||
| stadio | ||
| sprizzo | ||
| zio | ||
| zoccolo | ||
| sbaglio | ||
| straniero |