See also: Article
In Grammar, the definite article is a subcategory of definite determinant, which takes part in actualization of the Nom core by indicating, either that the referent (the thing, the animal, the person in question) is known agents of the stating, or that satellite will follow (qualifying adjective, possessive phrase, relative Proposition…) who will allow the interlocutor to precisely identify this represented.
the definite article is thus the standard tool of the complete determination. He is thus opposed to the indefinite article and the partitive article, which them, presuppose that the referent is not known interlocutors:
The definite article knows two forms in the singular (“ the ” for the masculine, and “ the ” for the female one); and only one in the plural (form epicene) (“ ”):
the singular definite article is elided in front of a word starting phonetically with a vowel: “ the ” and “ the ” then become “ the ”:
the singular definite article can also indicate a species, and not only one individual:
The definite articles “ the ” and “ the ” take a contracted form when they are preceded by the Préposition S “ with ” or “ of ”:
- With “ with ”, “ the ” becomes “ with the ”, and “ the ” becomes “ with the ”:
- With “ of ”, “ the ” becomes “ ”, and “ the ” becomes “ ”:
the definite articles “ the ” and “ the ” never contract when they are preceded by the prepositions “ with ” or “ of ”:
the contracted article “
Formerly, the definite article “
That it simple or is contracted, the definite article can bind with the last participle “ known as ” to produce the following forms:
In these various forms, frequently employed in the administrative language, the definite article in the value of a anaphoric representative and approaches a Demonstrative adjective :
When it is placed in front of a proper name, the definite article marks the very large respect which a celebrity inspires: " Callas" ; Or on the contrary the extrème familiarity with regard to a person or of an animal: " Noiraude".
Qualifying adjective
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