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By: Serena

Serena — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:28:50 +0000

Salve Emily, I must admit that you had me a little confused with ‘lo cane’! I was going to reply to your comment but you beat me to it. If there is anything else that you’re not clear about please let me know.

Serena

By: Emily Vindeni

Emily Vindeni — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:12:59 +0000

Please disregard my previous comment/question. I was incorrect. Thank you for the information you provided.

Best,
Emily Vindeni

By: Emily Vindeni

Emily Vindeni — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:23:41 +0000

I am a little confused because you said you would use the article lo for the following nouns:

Masculine singular: il/l’/lo. Il is used in the same way as “un” (E.g.: il tavolo, il treno) with the exception of words starting with a vowel in which case l’ is used E.g.: l’orologio, l’ago (the needle). Lo is used in the same way as “uno”, i.e. before masculine words starting with z, ps, or s+consonant. E.g.: lo zaino, lo psicologo, lo studente.

And I was curious why then is it ‘lo cane’ when it doesn’t follow the rule you mentioned above?

Thanks for your help, I am trying to learn Italian as I admire the language very much and have many Italian friends!

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