The DEFINITE ARTICLES: 7 ways to say "THE" in Italian

How do you say the article “the” in Italian? 

Things get a little bit more complicated when you want to translate the article “the” in Italian.

Why?

Because in Italian you can have 7 different ways to say the English word “the”. In fact, the article can vary depending on many things, like for example if the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural, if the word begins with a vowel or a consonant, etc.. 

Anyway, today is you're lucky day as I’m here to bring some clarity around the article “the” in Italian!

At the end of this lesson, you'll know exactly how to pick the right article when you find a new word no matter its gender or if it's singular or plural.

The easiest way to learn the Italian articles is splitting them by their gender. So we'll start with the ones we use in front of masculine nouns that are more complex. After them, we'll look at the feminine ones which instead are pretty straight forward.

Make sure to stay until the end of the video because there's a little bit of practice.

You can also watch the following lesson if you want to know more about the word gender in Italian :

WORD GENDER (in Italian): a simple GUIDE to guess the gender of a noun in Italian:    • GENDER in ITALIAN: a simple GUIDE to ...