Italian definite articles (singular)

Italian definite articles (singular)

There are four definite articles (words for "the") for singular nouns in Italian.

• il

• la

• l'

• lo

How to use the definite articles in Italian?

• il: is used when the noun is a masculine noun starting with a consonant

• e.g. succo = juice, a masculine noun

• thus, il succo

Multiple Select

Which two of the following nouns use "il"? (select 2)

• pizza

• biscotto

• panino

• pasta

• carne

How to use the definite articles in Italian?

• la: is used when the noun is a feminine noun starting with a consonant

• e.g. pasta, feminine noun

• thus, la pasta

Multiple Select

Which two of the following nouns use "la"? (select 2)

• melanzana

• latte

• mozzarella

• gelato

How to use the definite articles in Italian?

• l': is used when the noun starts with a vowel, regardless masculine or feminine

• e.g. aglio = garlic, masculine noun starting with a vowel

• e.g. acqua = water, feminine noun starting with a vowel

• thus, l'aglio, l'acqua

Multiple Select

Which two of the following nouns use "l'"?

• oliva

• pomodoro

• pizza

• l'acqua

How to use the definite articles in Italian?

• lo: is used when the noun is a masculine noun starting with "s" + consonant or "z"

• e.g. zucchero = sugar, masculine starting with a "z"

• e.g. sport = sport, masculine nouns starting with s + p (s + a consonant)

• thus, lo zucchero, lo sport

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ pomodoro

• il

• la

• l'

• lo

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ basilico

• il

• la

• l'

• lo

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ uovo

• il

• la

• l'

• lo

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ olio

• il

• la

• l'

• lo

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ caffè (masculine)

• il

• la

• l'

• lo

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct definite article for the given noun.

_ _ peperone (masc)

• il

• la

• l'

• lo

Multiple Choice

Words ending in "o" are usually masculine and words ending in "a" are usually feminine.

Words ending in "e"

• must be masculine

• must be feminine

• can be either masculine or feminine

• are both masculine and feminine

To check the gender of the words ending in "e", we need to use Wordreference.

How to use the definite articles in Italian?