del, dell', dello, della, dei, degli and delle (2025)

Hello,

I don't understand the use of this words. When do I use them? Can somebody maybe explain that to me?

I hope somebody can help me.

Thank you.

Here's a link that might be interesting.
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=104489

Edit: link

This site should give you a good start.

Elisabetta

I have never really got the hang of them. I hate using them, but they are important to know.

Basically you use them when a preposition precedes an article.

Example:

Io sono spaventato di i ragni.

You would need to combine di + i to make dei

Io sono spaventato dei ragni.

wvumounties said:

I have never really got the hang of them. I hate using them, but they are important to know.

Basically you use them when a preposition precedes an article.

Example:

Io sono spaventato da i ragni.

You would need to combine da + i to make dai

Io sono spaventato dai ragni.

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wvumounties said:

I have never really got the hang of them. I hate using them, but they are important to know.

Basically you use them when a preposition precedes an article.

Example:

Io sono spaventato da i ragni.

You would need to combine da + i to make dai

Io sono spaventato dai ragni.

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But you can say "Ho paura dei ragni".

No wvumounties,
all these prepositions are made by combining de + article
de+i = dei
de+le = delle
de+lo = dello
de+gli = degli.....

EDIT
Trentina is right

Thomasso said:

Hello,

I don't understand the use of this words. When do I use them? Can somebody maybe explain that to me?

I hope somebody can help me.

Thank you.

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They are prepositions. But for ex. they're used also meaning "some":
Devo fare delle cose. I have to do some things.
Hai dello zucchero? Do you have some sugar?

Lello4ever said:

No wvumounties,
all these prepositions are made by combining de + article
de+i = dei
de+le = delle
de+lo = dello
de+gli = degli.....

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Technically... yes. But they are used in situations where, absent the article, one would use the preposition di, right? For those who are learning Italian, it usually makes more sense to think of these as:

di + i => dei
di + le => delle
di + lo => dello
di + gli => degli
etc.

as illustrated here.

Elisabetta

PaulfromItaly,

Why would you use da instead of di?

Would you not say I am scared of the spiders instead of from the spiders?

Maybe my problem is trying to directly translate it into Italin.

wvumounties said:

PaulfromItaly,

Why would you use da instead of di?

Would you not say I am scared of the spiders instead of from the spiders?

Maybe my problem is trying to directly translate it into Italin.

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I think it's a case of:

Sono spaventato dai ragni = I'm scared by spiders (i.e. spiders scare me)
Ho paura dei ragni = I have a fear of spiders = I am afraid of/scared of spiders

TrentinaNE said:

Technically... yes. But they are used in situations where, absent the article, one would use the preposition di, right? For those who are learning Italian, it usually makes more sense to think of these as:

di + i => dei
di + le => delle
di + lo => dello
di + gli => degli
etc.

as illustrated here.

Elisabetta

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Yeah I should have said that in my original post. When di is combined with an article it changed to de. I just always found it easier to remember that di + i will be dei. Either way it comes out correct.

Karl,
That makes sense. I didn't know da could form by spiders. I thought da meant from.