Tag Archives: Italian indefinite article
Irregular Nouns – A Quiz Posted by Serena on Jul 29, 2016
In last week’s quiz we focussed on coordinating articles, nouns and adjectives in a series of short sentences. This quiz takes the exercise a step further by introducing irregular nouns into the equation. We’d like you to translate each of the sentences in the four groups below by adding the definite or indefinite article (il…
A Box Of Adjectives – An Italian Quiz Posted by Serena on Jul 22, 2016
Masculine, feminine, singular, plural, sometimes it’s hard to correctly pair up those adjectives with the nouns that they describe and their respective articles. This quiz, based on summer vocabulary, will focus on very short sentences which require exactly that: the coordination between article, noun and adjective. How to complete the quiz: Below you’ll find a…
How to Use Uno in Italian Posted by Serena on Aug 21, 2015
In my last post we looked at the use of the definite article lo and its plural form gli. Today we are going to find out how to use the indefinite article uno (a/an) works. Rules for using uno: 1. when a masculine word begins with the letter ‘s’ followed by another consonant, e.g.: uno…
Farfallina Bella Bianca Posted by Serena on Jul 14, 2011
Learning a foreign language is hard work when you’re an adult! It’s always a humbling experience when, having diligently studied Italian for many years, you travel to Italy only to hear a group of four year olds playing together and speaking much better Italian than you! Non è giusto! Well obviously those children have had…