Equivalent of English "the", put before nouns. The Definite article informs about objects or people known, more precisely defined or already mentioned.
Forms:
| singular, masculine: | |
| before a consonant: | il |
| before a vowel: | l ' |
| before gn, ps, z, x and s + consonant: | lo |
| singular, feminine: | |
| before a consonant: | la |
| before a vowel: | l ' |
| plural, masculine: | |
| before a consonant: | i |
| before a vowel: | gli |
| before gn, ps, z, x and s + consonant: | gli |
| plural, feminine: | |
| generally always: | le. |