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Article (grammar)

In grammar, an article is any member of a class of dedicated words that are used with noun phrases to mark the identifiability of the referents of the noun phrases. The category of articles constitutes a part of speech.

For grammatical articles in English, see English articles.

In English, both "the" and "a(n)" are articles, which combine with nouns to form noun phrases. Articles typically specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun phrase, but in many languages, they carry additional grammatical information such as gender, number, and case. Articles are part of a broader category called determiners, which also include demonstratives, possessive determiners, and quantifiers. In linguistic interlinear glossing, articles are abbreviated as ART.

: zog, a bird; zogu, the bird

Albanian

Aramaic

Aleph

: "কিতাপ (kitap)", book; "কিতাপখন (kitapkhôn)": "The book"

Assamese

: "বই (bôi)", book; "বইটি (bôiti)/বইটা (bôita)/বইখানা (bôikhana)" : "The Book"

Bengali

: стол stol, chair; столът stolǎt, the chair (subject); стола stola, the chair (object)

Bulgarian

: hus, house; huset, the house; if there is an adjective: det gamle hus, the old house

Danish

: hestur, horse; hesturinn, the horse

Icelandic

: стол stol, chair; столот stolot, the chair; столов stolov, this chair; столон stolon, that chair

Macedonian

: sib, apple. (The Persian language does not have definite articles. It has one indefinite article 'yek' that means 'one'. In Persian, if a noun is not indefinite, it is a definite noun. 'Sib e' man' means 'my apple'. Here, 'e' is like 'of' in English, so literally 'sib e man' means 'the apple of mine'.)

Persian

: drum, road; drumul, the road (the article is just "l", "u" is a "connection vowel" Romanian: vocală de legătură)

Romanian

and Norwegian: hus, house; huset, the house; if there is an adjective: det gamle (N)/gamla (S) huset, the old house

Swedish

English articles

(definite article in Arabic)

Al-

Definiteness

Definite description

False title

"The Definite Article, 'The': The Most Frequently Used Word in World's Englishes"

Ing, John (September 17, 2019). . Retrieved May 3, 2020.

"How to Use Articles Correctly in English (A, An & The)"