Maire

When referring to the regions of Italy, such as Toscana, do you use articles, such as "la Toscana"? Thank you.

Annika_22

No, regions don't get articles because they are proper names, same thing with cities.
ciao!

Annika_22

Oh! One more thing, when referring to regions vs. cities, you are IN a region, you are AT a city, para esempio:
Io sono a Milano (I am at Milan)
Io sono in Toscana (I am in Tuscany)

Ask me more, I wanna show off!

LoveItaly

The interesting this is that in some areas of Italy in the south..right now I am thinking of Molise..the older residents do use "la" in front of names including the names of people such as "la Anna".

Maire

Thanks Annika--watch out, I might take you up on that offer!

Thanks, LoveItaly.

goingtoitalia

Okay Annika, here's a question for you. Do the days of the week have a gender? I've just started a Begginer's Italian class and when my boyfriend asked me that question I didn't know what to tell him!

swissmissy

yes... days do have genders. la dominica is the only feminin but in most cases we don't use the article.