What are the two kinds of articles?
Q: What are the two kinds of articles?
A: The two kinds of articles are definite articles and indefinite articles.
Q: How many definite articles are there in English?
A: In English, there is only one definite article, which is "the".
Q: What words do you use for indefinite articles in English?
A: In English, the words used for indefinite articles are "a" and "an".
Q: When do you use the word 'an'?
A: The word 'an' is used before a word starting with a vowel sound (not necessarily a vowel letter). For example, we say "a horse", "a child", "a European", but "an orange" and "an elephant".
Q: Are there languages that have more than one word for the definite article?
A: Yes, some languages have more than one word for the definite article. This is because each noun can be either masculine or feminine or even masculine, feminine or neuter in some languages. For example, French has le for masculine nouns and la for feminine nouns. The becomes les when referring to plural nouns.
Q: Are there any languages that don't have any type of article?
A: Yes, there are several languages that don't have any type of article including Russian, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese.
