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- "Il lupo è un animale."
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"Animale" is masculine so you use "un". If it were feminine like "anatra" you would use "una", but because "anatra" starts with a vowel you would then elide the 'a' of "una" getting "un'anatra". This is because it's quicker and easier to pronounce "un'anatra" than "una anatra". This only works with feminine ("una") words though. :)