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Extrait / Introduction

Extrait / Introduction :

INDEFINITE ARTICLES As in English, only singular forms exist: • UNO (masculine, singular) it is used in the same cases which require the definite article lo is used (see above): uno zio (an uncle) uno sconto (a discount) uno steccato (a fence) • UN (masculine, singular) it is used in the same cases which require the definite articles il and masculine l' (see above): un bottone (a button) un osso (a bone) un soldato (a soldier) un amico (a friend) un gioco (a game) un uccello (a bird) • UNA (feminine, singular) it is used with nouns starting with any consonant: una scala (a ladder) una torcia (a torch) una zucca (a pumpkin) • UN' (feminine, singular) it is the elision of una, used when nouns start with any vowel. The apostrophe "binds" the article to the following letter, both in spelling (no space) and in pronounciation, as for the l' article above: un'anima (pronounced "wnahnymah", a soul) un'elica (pronounced "wnehlykah", a propeller) un'orma (pronounced "wnohrmah", a footprint) The full spelling una is also accepted when the following noun starts with i: i.e. un'importante scoperta (an important discovery) may sometimes be spelled una importante scoperta, but this happens rather seldom, so simply stick to the general rule. When plural nouns are indefinite, they simply do not use an article, or they use the partitive form: i.e. cats (no article) or some cats (partitive), coins or some coins (partitive), etc. Partitive will be dealt with further on, so for the time being simply disregard its use.

Plan

Plan :

1-ALPHABET AND PRONOUNCIATION 2-GENDER AND NUMBER OF NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ARTICLES 3-NUMBERS 4-PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND VERBS - part I 5-OTHER BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE SENTENCE....

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