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9 D# a, ]1 [2 O 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.- P5 ^+ j' W( l
arriva domenica. he is arriving on sunday.
. x Z8 t3 h- L% K9 ] il signor neri è italiano. mr. neri is italian.: L4 m; m* g2 A( Z4 K! y5 W! }
gli americani sono industriosi. americans are industrious.
$ ?3 X& C, K. N/ i1 B0 E apostrophe
- A& U- }. z1 V \' L7 ^ the apostrophe (l'apostrofo) is generally used to indicate the dropping of the final vowel before the word that follows it.
- I" F% P# }' b5 S l’amico instead of lo amico (the friend)6 C6 T0 l- T6 h- n+ e% B, K
l’automobile instead of la automobile (the automobile)
/ h$ Q7 W0 T% E un’università instead of una università (a university)9 v7 h' m) q! J2 }8 H) z7 q
d’italia instead of di italia (of italy)) J: e0 Z% L% B+ ~: H. ?
dov’è instead of dove è (where is) |