"The animal is in the zoo."

Translation: L'animale è nello zoo.

[acmolson]

what's the difference between the uses of "nel" and "nello"

[ChickenJoe45]

H

[emesetoth]

The italians use 'lo' when they say non italian words. For example: lo zoo, lo yoghurt..

[sarahvenez]

No it is wrong

[Sussalek]

Lo is used if the word begins with z, y, or s+consonant (zoo, yogurt, stomaco)

[6o1n8]

Wrong. Please check other answers

[Viaggiatore]

"Nello" is the form to use before a Z, just as "lo" is for "the." http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare153a.htm

[AbbyLynn12]

Or s + consonate.
Like "lo sport" or "lo scrittore"

[claudio1947]

But remember Giacomo Leopardi (La quiete dopo la tempesta). "il zappatore".

[MusicMan97]

when do i need to use l' instead of gli? I understand when to use gli instead of il but not l'

[recanati]

Please, explain the use of "nel" vs. "nello"

[BrandonOdom]

Not being sarcastic, how am I supposed to know what gender the animal is?

[SammyIsraw]

You don't react to the gender of the specific animal, you react to the gender of the noun. I know it's hard to grasp since there is nothing like that in English, objects and nouns are asexual.

[SlickRick666]

The last letter of the noun shows it (mostly)
o and i are male
a and e are female

[MusicMan97]

hahaha, i totally agree! but then again, who knows the difference?

[katmchavez]

When do I use il or when do I use l'

[claudio1947]

Before A E I O U we use L'.

[Rosa486514]

when do you use nel or nello in a sentence

[donatella117]

what's wrong with "nel giardino zoologico"?

[Nettie49512]

What does nelle mean because usually that means something if it wont accept it as a typo

[BarbaraMye10]

Yikes! Auto-correct changed my "l'animale" to "I'll animale"! Grrr!

[MarcioCruz20]

Why not "gli animale"?

[Birdy582648]

The question asks for the sentence in Italian, marks the Italian wrong, and gives the correct solution in English!

[diane476625]

I cant find accents on my samsung keyboard. Any pointers anyone?

[aline967386]

Why is it "è" instead of "sta"?

[Longnumber]

...nello zoocchero

[acmolson]

thanks :)

[nikiasays]

I feel like allo just came out of nowhere

[MakylooDevisia]

Whats the dif between la animale and l'animale

[grs1234]

You cant use 'la' in front of animale because animale starts with a vowel. Automatically, l' is used in front of words that begin with vowles

[cocoloustaunau]

One is "animal" and the other "the animal"

[JewelsC.]

Explain please

[ileanadinu13]

Where is the mistake?

[JewelsC.]

What do you mean one is animal and the other is that the animal Cocoloustanau??

[StefanoDL7]

The correct verb here is actually "sta". In Italian, you ask, <> and answer, <>

[sylvieeame]

but l'ape e nel burro????? what is the rule

[JewelsC.]

This s#*t pissing me off. Why is it I can translate better than I can spell it???

[JewelsC.]

Why won't it post??

[JewelsC.]

Uggghhhh