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Un and un' - When do you use the apostrophe? | CBI Show 2.08

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Do you know the difference between un and un' in Italian? Tune in to this episode of the Coffee Break Italian Show and learn all about indefinite articles.


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0:00.0

Welcome to the coffee break Italian show

0:06.0

I'm Sona Francesca and I'm Maritzio.

0:09.2

So in this weekly episode we help you learn Italian in the space of a coffee break.

0:16.8

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0:22.4

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0:25.3

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0:30.1

YouTube.

0:31.1

Al-A-Maurizio, what is the argument of Oji?

0:35.0

Oji parliam of the Articoli, we're going to talk about articles specifically,

0:41.0

un and with the apostrophe.

0:44.4

Okay, so indefinite articles focusing on the difference between

0:48.4

Un and Un with the apostrophe.

0:51.1

Exactly.

0:52.1

A lot of the parentheses see in its yamo

1:00.0

As you were saying Francesca

1:01.0

un and un with the apostrophe are indefinite articles.

1:06.6

Indefiniteate articles basically identify one singular object like a dog or an apple.

1:14.4

Perfect.

1:15.4

Okay.

1:16.4

So when we want to say a dog or an apple, in Italian we're going to use

1:19.8

un or un with the apostrophe or other ones which we're going to get into in this episode.

1:26.2

See. So I would say that these are easily mistaken because they're pronounced in the same way.

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