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Definite Articles in Sicilian

Hello everyone,

In today's lesson you will learn how to use the articles in Sicilian.

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Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: Future Tense & Indefinite Articles in Sicilian.

Definite Articles in Italian & Sicilian[edit | edit source]

The Italian definite articles il, lo have a single Sicilian equivalent, lu.

Article la is identical in both languages. Italian includes several different plural articles: i, gli for masculine nouns, le for feminine ones.

In Sicilian there is only one plural article, li. In both languages the singular definite article is reduced to l'.

Before a vowel. In most dialects of Sicilian, the plural article is elided in the same way as the singular.

Definite articles in Sicilian: Examples[edit | edit source]

ENGLISH SICILIAN
The horse Lu cavaddu
The dog Lu cani
The bird L'aceddu
The doctor Lu medicu
The house La casa
The city La cità
The window La finestra
The mouth La vucca
The horses Li cavaddi
The dogs Li cani
The birds L'aceddi
The doctors Li medici
The houses Li casi
The cities Li cità
The windows Li finestri
The mouths Li vucchi

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