L'affido temporaneo aiuta la famiglia affidataria.

Temporary foster placement helps the foster family.

Breakdown of L'affido temporaneo aiuta la famiglia affidataria.

• aiutare: to help
• l'affido temporaneo: the temporary foster placement
• la famiglia affidataria: the foster family

Questions & Answers about L'affido temporaneo aiuta la famiglia affidataria.

Why is there an apostrophe in L'affido?

Because affido begins with a vowel, the singular definite article il is shortened to l' before it.

• il affido → not used
• l'affido → correct

This is very common in Italian with singular nouns beginning with a vowel.

Examples:

• l'amico
• l'idea
• l'uomo

Here, l' means the.

Is affido masculine or feminine?

Here, affido is masculine singular.

You can tell because:

• it takes l' from il (not from la)
• the adjective is temporaneo, which is the masculine singular form

So:

• l'affido temporaneo = masculine singular
• if it were feminine, the adjective would be temporanea

Why is it temporaneo and not temporanea?