Italian Grammar Basics

A noun is a person, place or thing

In Italian a noun will generally end in a vowel (unless it's borrowed from English e.g. Kayak)

Nouns in Italian have a gender

The gender has got nothing to do with who is interacting with the noun, the noun itself has a gender

When talking about nouns in Italian you need to use the definite article

There are rules for which definite article you should use for which types of noun

The indefinite article is used when you want to say "an apple" or "a guitar"

It replaces the definite article (the), but follow the same rules