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And since parts of speech, more precisely, words, find their meaning
         only when they interfere in sentences, the connections that are established can
         differ.                I came from school with a friend.
                            Am venit de la școală cu un prieten.


                             preposition (link word)                   article
                   Preposition is a class of non-flexible words       Article is a lexically meaningless
                   that can be simple - de, pe, pentru, cu, fără,     word  that  accompanies  a  noun  and
                   către, din, până, spre (by, on, for,  with,        shows the way the object is known to
                   without, to, from, to, to) or composed - de pe,
                   de lângă, fără de, pe la (off, near by, without    speakers.
                   of, on).
          I came from school with a friend.                   I came from school with my friend.

          Am venit de la școală cu un prieten.                Am venit de la școală cu prietenul meu.



          articol hotărât (definite article),  (it  does  not  give  details   indefinite article (it shows that the person described by
          about the friend, it shows that the named person in   the noun is known to the speaker)
          unknown to the speaker)
                 The indefinite articles are: un, o, unui,         The definite article stands at the end of
           unei, niște, unor (a).                            the noun related to it.

               Practice

              3.  Articulate the nouns with definite and indefinite article as in example below.

                      cartea
          carte       the book         cântec                                 colegă
          book        o carte          song                                   colegă
                      one book



          câine                               elevi                              flori
          dog                                 pupils                            flowers




         Let’s have fun!                                                       Otherwise it’s when...
                                                                               The hen and the Turkey
                                   Definite - Indefinite                       Talking to the goose.

              A hen and-a turkey                                               And tell him that the fat ducks
              Whispered to a goose                                             Steal from the pig Tase.
              How that some fat ducks                                          And sell the good grains
              Steal from a pig-Tase.                                           To the rabbits in the grass.
              And then they sell good grains                                   Mystery is solved,
              To some rabbits in the grass.                                    For it is stated to us
              But the goose is on his back,                                    What hen, what turkey,
              He didn’t catch the guilty ones.                                 What ducks, what goose.
              Ducks in the yard are many                                       We also find out who is Tase,
              And they are unknown to me,                                      What grains are stolen.
              That you used the defendant.                                     All it took was
              With Indefinite article.                                         A definite article.
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