Italian grammar

Elision

Elision : the final vowel is dropping out if the next word begins with a vowel or h. We mark it with an apostrophe in writing.

Elision includes:

- articles lo, la, una: l'oro, un'ora
- preposizioni articolate : dell'ora
- adjectives buono, buona, santo, bello
- pronouns questo, quello: quest'anno
- object pronouns lo, la: l'ho trovato
- often also other words (optional elision), e.g. forms of object pronouns mi, ti , si, ci, vi, lo, la: m'ha dato, s'รจ lavato.

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