GRAMMATICA
ARTICOLI INDETERMINATIVI  

INDEFINITE ARTICLES

 

ENGLISH:       A  AN

 

  • A       in front of word that begin with consonants (a friend, a  job)

  • AN     in front of vowels (an article, an exercise)

 

ITALIAN:       UN UNO UNA  
  • UN in front of MASCULINE WORDS beginning with a consonant or vowel
 UN  professore    UN  libro   UN  giorno

UN  articolo    UN Amico      UN esercizio

 
  • UNO  in front of MASCULINE WORDS beginning with a s+consonant, z

    UNO      is to facilitate the pronunciation of words that begin with harsh sounds
 UNO: in front of MASCULINE WORDS beginning with a with <Z>, or the letter <S> followed by another consonant

UNO STudente

UNO SColaro

UNO Zero

  • UNA  in front of FEMININE WORDS beginning with a consonant or vowel

UNA: in front of FEMININE WORDS beginning with a CONSONANT (or more than one consonant):

 

UNA Lezione     UNA Classe      UNA Scuola

 

UN': in front of FEMININE WORDS beginning with a VOWEL

* UNA loses the final <a> and it is replaced by an apostrophe

UN' Amica  (una amica > un'amica)

 

UN' aula (una aula > un'aula)

 

UN'  Idea (una idea > un' idea)

 


 

 

ARTICOLI INDETERMINATIVI MASCHILI :     

REMINDER: for nouns ending with  -E, you must know their gender in order to choose the correct article.

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signore
amore
esempio
presidente
idolo
quaderno
orologio
bravo studente
uccello
sciocco
zappatore
stadio
zio
zoccolo
zufolo
zero
sbaglio
strano caso
sprizzo