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, ?) F6 G% q9 t% v3 C0 ~. L8 x many words that are capitalized in english are not capitalized in italian. these include: the days of the week, the months of the year, proper adjectives, a few proper nouns, and titles such as mr., mrs., and miss.
3 v; S& m d; X0 v- N2 P9 C( V arriva domenica. he is arriving on sunday.$ h5 P! {7 ^. o8 m4 d* j6 T
il signor neri è italiano. mr. neri is italian.
) d" N8 C/ ]# r2 B9 f- j2 u6 n gli americani sono industriosi. americans are industrious.
9 z5 s* ^- c: `. E6 {* J. D1 A apostrophe
+ D6 a4 ]4 H1 U! m9 k+ j the apostrophe (l'apostrofo) is generally used to indicate the dropping of the final vowel before the word that follows it.
5 Y( ]- C* |" h5 b0 D l’amico instead of lo amico (the friend)
* j0 W) l7 n3 D7 n, ^- e& `# ~ l’automobile instead of la automobile (the automobile)
: O5 Q5 ~; S c& y un’università instead of una università (a university)- G) ]. ^6 F6 P& U3 U& b5 X( [
d’italia instead of di italia (of italy)
! f/ A9 t* z/ C dov’è instead of dove è (where is) |