Lesson 5 part 6: Indefinite articles: rules

The Italian indefinite article (l'articolo indeterminativo) corresponds to English a/an and is used with singular nouns.
It also corresponds to the number one

INDEFINITE ARTICLES
MASCHILE e FEMMINILE

uno zio (uncle)/Una zia (aunt)
un cugino (cousin, m.)/Una cugina (cousin, f.)
Un amico (friend, m.)/Un’amica (friend, f.)

UNO is used for masculine words beginning with z ors + consonant;

UN is used for all other masculine words.

UNA is used for feminine words beginning with a consonant;

UN' is used for feminine words beginning with a vowel.

Exemples:

un treno e una bicicletta
un aeroplano e un’automobile
uno stadio e una stazione