Today, I'm focusing on italian articles.. it feels like there are too many, but actually, it's:

[peterkotrcka@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

Today, I'm focusing on italian articles.. it feels like there are too many, but actually, it's:

1. masculine singular definite - il

2. masculine definite for words starting with a vowel - l'

3. masculine singuler indefinite - un

4. masculine singular definite for words starting with S+consonant, Z, Y, P, SP, PN, GN - lo

5. masculine singular definite for words starting with S+consonant, Z, Y, P, SP, PN, GN - uno

6. feminine singular definite - la

7. feminine singular indefinite - una

8. feminine singular indefinite for words starting with a vowel - un'

9. masculine plural definite - i

10. masculine plural definite for words starting with S+consonant, Z, Y, P, SP, PN, GN - gli

11. feminine plural definite - le

So basically:

- masculine singular: il, l', lo / un, uno
- feminine singular: la / una, un'
- masculine plural: i, gli
- feminine plural: le

Correct me if I'm wrong or forgot about anything, still learning #italian #languagelearning

[peterkotrcka@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

So the answer is: yes, there are too many

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@peterkotrcka Many Italians make mistakes with them, so don't feel too worried

[peterkotrcka@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano I think there is still some kind of logic behind that.. Just will need a bit more practice than the simple a,an/the in english

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@peterkotrcka yes, there's a logic. But there are also local variations, so people tend to make mistakes. For example: "siete andati via?" is the correct form. But my grandmother (and many people from her hometown) used to say "siete andato via?" - which is wrong. But it comes from the dialectal, local form, which didn't make any difference between the singular "sei andato" and plural "siete andati" so they used to "translate" a mix.

[peterkotrcka@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano Well, I hope I'll be able to understand that's the most important part of it..