"He is our cook."

[WayneHoobler]

Agreed, not sure why we need the article "il" before the possessive word

[belo99]

Why is it "nostro" and not "nostri"

[EllenJosep1]

It has to agree with the object

[myShadowhe]

Im thinking the same thing. I wonder the difference

[doug438513]

I believe that "nostri" is the plural where in this case it is singular therefore "nostro" applies here .

[violynnie]

can someone please explain the use of the article "il" before the possessive word

[AlexZhao18]

The gender of the word before the possessive must match that of the object being described cuoco is female while il is used to describe female words so yeah

[myShadowhe]

How??? What is the difference between these 4 n words

[Shirin-Rose]

What exactly does egli mean and when is it used?

[marziotta]

"Egli" = "lui"

"Egli" can be used only as subject, and not as object. (You can say "Egli cucina" but not "Io amo egli" or "Ho scritto una lettera a egli")

"Egli" is seldom used, you can find it in old books, but nowadays... nobody says "Egli" to be honest, it is only said when you repeat verbs... io sono, tu sei, egli è, noi siamo, voi siete, essi sono...

[Shirin-Rose]

ok cool, thank you! :)

[Akade88]

I wrote "è il cuoco nostro" and it was wrong. But "è il nostro cuoco" is right. Why?

[zahra78522]

Why is ( il nostro ) correct?

[LizBrown13]

why is it necessary to use 'il'

[MasudRana6]

Lui