No. 17 in Italian
gli
"The" (masculine plural definite article).
In a sentence
Gli ho dato il libro.
I gave him the book.
In this sentence, 'gli' is an indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him'.
Ho comprato gli ingredienti per la torta.
I bought the ingredients for the cake.
Here, 'gli' functions as the definite article for masculine plural nouns.
Gli studenti sono nella biblioteca.
The students are in the library.
In this sentence, 'gli' is the definite article used before certain masculine plural nouns that begin with a vowel or specific consonants.
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