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Use of articles
In earlier levels of Italian we were taught to always use the article + noun (Ex: di primo, desidero gli spaghetti) and now in Level 5 it seems that articles are often left out. Maybe I missed something in Levels 3 and 4? For example, "mi piace il caffe ma per la colazione preferito bere latte". Why not il latte? Also, as an example, "ordinavo spaghetti" but not "ordinavo gli spaghetti"...... Is there a specific rule for when to use an article and when we do not? Or is it just one of those learn it by memorization things.....?