Italian grammar

Partitive article

It expresses an undefined amount of things or substances. It has a meaning similar to English "a little, some, any". It was formed under the French influence.

Forms:

singular, masculine:
before a consonant: del
before a vowel: dell ’
before gn, ps, z, x and s + consonant: dello
singular, feminine:
before a consonant: della
before a vowel: dell ’
plural, masculine:
before a consonant: dei
before a vowel: degli
before gn, ps, z, x and s + consonant: degli
plural, feminine:
generally always: delle

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