Molto Bene Italian
Indefinite Articles
Indefinite articles are words that are used to indicate nouns that are not particular or
identifiable by the listener. In English, the words “a” and “some” are used in the singular
and plural cases respectively.
For singular noun, Italian uses indefinite articles in a similar way to English, but unlike
English they must match the gender of the nouns they describe.
The indefinite article for plural nouns, which in English would translate as "some", in
Italian are actually contractions with the preposition di + the definite article. Some
scholars do not consider these indefinite articles at all, but they are important to note
because the most natural translation for them is as "some".
Masculine
Singular
Plural
un
a
dei
some
degli
some before vowel, or /z/ or /s/ + consonant
Feminine
una
a
delle
some
Examples
un ragazzo
a boy
una ragazza
a girl
un uomo
a man
una donna
a woman
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