Language/Sicilian/Grammar/Definite-Articles-in-Sicilian

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

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Definite Articles in Italian & Sicilian

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

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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• Articles
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