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4. Definite and Indefinite Articles and Demonstratives

Definite Article - The
Masculine			Feminine
il	eel	sing., before consonants	la	lah	sing., before consonants
lo	low	sing., before z, gn, or s + cons.	la	lah	sing., before consonants
l'	l	sing., before vowels	l'	l	sing., before vowels
i	ee	plural, before consonants	le	leh	plural, before consonants and vowels
gli	lyee	plural, before vowels, z, gn, or s + cons.	le	leh	plural, before consonants and vowels

Indefinite Articles - A, an, some
	Masculine			Feminine
A, An	un	oon	before consonant or vowel	una	oon-ah	before consonants
A, An	uno	oon-oh	before z, gn, or s + consonant	un'	oon	before vowels
Some	dei	day	before consonants	delle	dell-eh	before vowels and consonants
Some	degli	deh-lyee	before vowels, z, gn, or s + cons.	delle	dell-eh	before vowels and consonants

Demonstratives - This, that, these, and those
This and these
	This	These
Masc.	questo	questi	before a consonant
	quest'	questi	before a vowel

Fem.	questa	queste	before a consonant
	quest'	queste	before a vowel
That and those
	That	Those
Masc.	quel	quei	before a consonant
	quell'	quegli	before a vowel
	quello	quegli	before z, gn, or s + consonant

Fem.	quella	quelle	before a consonant
	quell'	quelle	before a vowel

Note: If you use that and those as a subject, use these four forms: quello for masculine singular, quella for feminine singular, quelli for masculine plural, and quelle for feminine plural.