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"A boy"
Translation:Un ragazzo
January 18, 2013
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Duolessio
170
It's a compound preposition: a + gli. "A" means "to" and "gli" is the plural for "lo", so it means " the" (pl.). Thus, "agli" means "to the".
Actually, it can also be the plural for "aglio", which means "garlic", but it's uncommon to use it in plural form.
Duolessio
170
You use that with both masculine and femenine singular nouns starting with a vowel. It means "the" since it's derived from either lo or la.