Can you help me with italian?
Hi everyone,

I need to know where i can use the "Devorce Article" (in german it's Teilungsartikel) from the italian language. I got a book, but it only says where its not to use!

Devorce article = di + il = del ....etc.

Thank you!

Question

Can you help me with italian?
Hi everyone,

I need to know where i can use the "Devorce Article" (in german it's Teilungsartikel) from the italian language. I got a book, but it only says where its not to use!

Devorce article = di + il = del  ....etc.

Thank you!

Answer

ciao,
we call it "preposizione articolata". The use is the same as for "di" (preposizione semplice) when the noun which follows is masculine singular and starts with a consonant. For example:
L'onda DEL mare/ The wave of the sea
then we have  di + la = della  when the noun which follows is feminine singular and starts with a consonant. 
La porta DELLA casa / the door of the house.

We use DELL'   with singular nouns starting with vowels (both femenine and masculine) 
La cantante dell'opera
La camera dell'albergo

For plural nouns we have:
di + i = dei          for masculine nouns starting with a consonant
di + gli = degli    for masculine nouns starting with a vowel
di + le = delle      for femenine words 
I hope that helps a bit... =)

Answer

I hope that this can help you!
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articolo_partitivo

bye

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