I am struggling a bit with Italian articles.  I found this video helpful.  She teaches in Spanish, so it helps if you know Spanish, but even if you don’t, I believe you may find this helpful if you, too, are struggling with Italian article adjectives.

Also helpful… A student in the following note to me in an email:

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The following comes from the Living Language book.

il is used before most nouns beginning with a constant example il tavolo, il letto

lo is used before:

1. words beginning with the letter s followed by a consonant (sp, st, sc, etc) example lo specchio

2. words beginning with the letter z example lo zio

l’ before all vowels example l’armadio, l’uomo, l’amico

in the plural:

il becomes I

lo and l’ becomes gli