Do you have “the” or “a” in your language? What language is it? (lemmy.ml)

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I do. The is “el/la” and a is “un/una”.

In my dad’s language and my second language, it’s “the” and “a”

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[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Yes, we do.

"Il/lo/la/i/gli/le" instead of "the", the precise article is chosen taking in consideration gender and plurality. We even have elliptic forms with " l' ," for words starting with a vowel.

Then we have "un/uno/una" instead of "a". Again elliptic form "un' " for feminine words starting with a vowel.

Italian here 🤌

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