Nouns: definiteness (a/the) and noun phrases

Learn noun phrases you can actually reuse (not isolated dictionary forms).

Noun phrases

Learn noun phrases as chunks you can reuse in conversation.

Nouns have gender; articles change: il/lo/la, un/uno/una.
Many prepositions combine with articles: a + il = al, in + il = nel, di + il = del.
Articles are high frequency — learn nouns together with their article (or marker).
Treat common phrases as single chunks.

la casa

the house

il libro

the book

nel bagno

in the bathroom

Sono qui.

I am here.

Vorrei dell'acqua.

I would like some water.

Non capisco.

I don't understand.

Parli inglese?

Do you speak English? (informal)

Dov'è il bagno?

Where is the bathroom?

Questo è il mio amico.

This is my friend.

Mini-quiz

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Which sentence matches “the house”?