• abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 hours ago

    English: We have one definitive article: “The”.

    Me: OK, that’s nice and simple.

    Scots Gaelic: Our’s is a little more complicated. We have “An”, which becomes “Am” for words beginning with B and P, for words starting with an h as the second letter (Th, Bh, Mh…) we use "A’ ", and for plurals we “na”, oh and if the first word in a word is a vowel, you slap “h-” onto it.

    Me: OK, a we bit more complex but I can vibe with it, German what’s your Definitive articles?

    German:

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      11 hours ago

      and if the first word in a word is a vowel

      Damn, that sounds a bit complex /j (Thanks for the insight on how Gaelic definitive articles work btw)