Some grammar points
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The singular masculine forms of "the" are il and lo.
The singular feminine form is la.
Il marito (the husband)
La moglie (the wife)
Il fratello (the brother)
La sorella (the sister).
Lo is used for all masculine nouns beginning with s+consonant, gn, ps, x, y or z. For all other masculine nouns use il.
Lo zio (the uncle)
Lo zucchero (the sugar)
If la or lo precedes a word starting with a vowel, it is contracted to l'.
L'uffico (the office - masculine)
L'acqua (the water - feminine)
The preposition di (of) is used to indicate a relation.
"Lorenzo è il marito di Aurora" translates as "Lorenzo is the husband of Aurora" or "Lorenzo is Aurora's husband".
In the examples in this lesson, sono means either "(they) are" or "(I) am".
The Italian verb for "marry" is reflexive. The pronoun si is the third person plural used with reflexive verbs. We shall study such verbs in depth later. For now, just remember "they are married" translates as si sono sposato (literally "themselves are married").
Like most expressions involving Italian verbs, the notion of "they" is contained in the inflection and the pronoun for "they" (loro) is often omitted. . For now, focus on the verbs.