"The sugar is in the cake."
Translation:Lo zucchero è nella torta.
January 14, 2013
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The article "lo" is used rather than the article "il" before words starting with z. It's similar to how in English we use "an" instead of "a" for words starting with vowels.
March 26, 2013
No, there are other cases when "lo" is used:
In front of words starting with "z". In front of words starting with "s" followed by a consonant (but not a vowel). In front of words starting with "ps" or "gn" or some other rare combinations of letters (my grammar book doesn't even bother listing them all).
So, "lo zucchero", "lo zio", "lo specchio" (but "la sorella").
March 25, 2014
