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Sicilian Grammar ➡ Articles

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

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Articles in the Sicilian language are divided into 2 categories:

definite: lu, la, li, (the) and indefinite nu, na (a, an). These articles, like the nouns they describe, have a gender, they can be feminine: la (singular), li (plural), and masculine: lu (singular), li (plural).
The indefinites nu, masculine, na, feminine are always singular.

For nouns that start with a z or with an s followed by a consonant the form nu of the indefinite article should be used.

In the spoken language these articles can be contracted to:

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 ==Exceptions==
-For nouns that start with a '''z''' or with an '''s''' followed by a consonant the form '''nu''' of the indefinite article should be used:
+For nouns that start with a '''z''' or with an '''s''' followed by a consonant the form '''nu''' of the indefinite article should be used.
-tab1
+=== Examples ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|Sicilian
+|English
+|-
+|Lu cavàddu
+|the horse
+|-
+|Li cavàddi
+|the horses
+|-
+|La casa
+|the house
+|-
+|Li casi
+|the houses
+|-
+|Un  cavàddu
+|a horse
+|-
+|Na fìmmina
+|a woman
+|}
+== Contractions ==
 In the spoken language these articles can be contracted to:
 * '''â''' for '''la'''
 * '''î'''  for '''li'''
-* '''û'''  for '''lu''':
+* '''û'''  for '''lu'''
-tab2
+=== Examples ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|Sicilian
+|English
+|-
+|û cavàddu
+|the horse
+|-
+|î cavàddi
+|the horses
+|-
+|â casa
+|the house
+|-
+|î casi
+|the houses
+|}