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actuallyActually that is a dialect-driven form. For instance, in Parma (place where I live) we say "La Giulia""la Giulia" or "La Paola". But"la Paola" - but this is only true just for the female names. InHowever, in Milan, the people say "Il Giulio""il Giulio" or "Il Paolo""il Paolo" (male names) and Giulia, but Giulia and Paola Paola (female names). Some

Some dialects, especially in the northNorth of Italy, use theseone of the two forms (alsoor both). Some other dialects, likeespecially in the southSouthern regions, do not use any determinative article before theproper names.

actually that is a dialect-driven form. For instance, in Parma (place where I live) we say "La Giulia" or "La Paola". But this is true just for the female names. In Milan, the people say "Il Giulio" or "Il Paolo" (male names) and Giulia and Paola (female names). Some dialects, especially in the north of Italy, use these two forms (also both). Some other dialects, like in the south regions, do not use any determinative article before the names.

Actually that is a dialect-driven form. For instance, in Parma (place where I live) we say "la Giulia" or "la Paola" - but this is only true for female names. However, in Milan, people say "il Giulio" or "il Paolo" (male names), but Giulia and Paola (female names).

Some dialects, especially in the North of Italy, use one of the two forms (or both). Some other dialects, especially in Southern regions, do not use any determinative article before proper names.

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actually that is a dialect-driven form. For instance, in Parma (place where I live) we say "La Giulia" or "La Paola". But this is true just for the female names. In Milan, the people say "Il Giulio" or "Il Paolo" (male names) and Giulia and Paola (female names). Some dialects, especially in the north of Italy, use these two forms (also both). Some other dialects, like in the south regions, do not use any determinative article before the names.