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by Aurelia » Sat Aug 07, 2004 1:29 am
Aren't definite and indefinite articles just "the, a, etc."? That's what I got from what I'm studying. I guess I didn't know what they were because they're implied in Latin, not a separate word.
right?
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by Turpissimus » Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:06 am
Yes, that is absolutely correct. "the" is definite, "a(n)" indefinite.
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by Aurelia » Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:15 am
Okay that makes sense. lol, I feel so smart now!
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by Lucus Eques » Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:54 pm
And Greek has no indefinite article (much like Old English).
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by Aurelia » Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:35 pm
okay, thanks for telling me.
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by Bert » Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:15 pm
Lucus Eques wrote: And Greek has no indefinite article (much like Old English).
And (correct me if I am wrong) much like modern English, modern Greek has an indefinite article.