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Quite confusing.
Hi Dave, what exactly is confusing? Let me help you with more explanations and examples, if necessary.
there seems to be a third option beyond masc/fem? i.e. del vino vs dello zucchero… grazie!
That’s actually not a third option: del and dello are both masculine and della is feminine.
They just follow the rules that you learned in Unit 6 when you studied “definite articles” – il, lo, la, etc.
“Del” and “dello” are in fact made up of “di” + definite articles.