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"La" before a name What does "la" mean when it is placed before a name? ”La Manuela viene con noi stasera.” ”La Loren (Sofia) è un'attrice famosa.”

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E' una costruzione molto usata in veneto, a condizione che la persona di cui parli sia conosciuta a tutte (ad esempio una persona della famiglia, oppure vicina alla famiglia) le persone a cui si parla oppure che sia nota tutti, e in questo caso si usa il cognome. Con il cognome e riguardo agli scrittori, compositori, pittori, si usa in tutta Italia, ad esempio: l'Alighieri, il Manzoni, il Puccini, il Depero, etc. Stranamente NON si usa per i personaggi storici (il Cattaneo, il Garibaldi, etc.).
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It's not grammatically correct. It's dialect! "la" is an article, fem. sing., and you can't use it with people names.
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How said Ilaria, It isn't grammatically correct say "La Manuela", in Italian you have to say "Manuela" without "La", but some region in Italy (expecially in north Italy) uses the attributes: La, Il before the people's name.
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In Italian, there should not be the article before proper names. But in some areas of Italy, it is quite normal to put it, like in La Manuela. In this case La is just an article, like "The" in English.
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Thank you all! That was very informative.

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