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	The Definite Article		French	Italian	Portuguese	Romanian	Spanish	Translation
	Singular	Masculine	l´/le copin	il/l´amico/ lo studente	o amigo	amicul	el amigo	the friend
		Feminine	la valise	la valigia	a maleta	valiza	la maleta	the suitcase
		Neutral	None	None	None	stiloul	None	the pen
	Plural	Masculine	les copins	i/gli amici/ gli studenti	os amigos	amicii	los amigos	the friends
		Feminine	les valises	le valigie	as maletas	valizele	las maletas	the suitcases
		Neutral	None	None	None	stilourile	None	the pens
	How to Avoid Confusions?
	Unlike in English, the definite article is used to express a group in its entirety or a noun in its general sense.
	Example: Les fourmis sont des insects (French: Ants are insects), La verdad es libertad (Spanish: Truth is liberty).
	The definite article is also generally used with names of countries and compound geographic names.
	Examples: los Estados Unidos (Spanish: the United States), l'Amerique Centrale (French: Central America).
	In French, the article is omitted after the prepositions en and de: Je pars en France (I leave for France).
	The definite article is used when a reflexive verb is followed by body parts or very personal possessions, and it can also
	replace a possessive adjective that refers to the parts of the body, clothing, and to personal possessions.
	Examples: Je me lave le visage (French: I wash my face) and Juan lava el traje (Spanish: John washes his suit).
	In French, nouns that start with a vowel or with an h require an l' as article in the singular: l'Asie (Asia).
	In Italian, the same rule holds for nouns starting with a vowel: l'orso (the bear). Gli is used for the plural.
	Further, lo and gli are for masculine nouns starting with z or an impure s (i.e. an s followed by a consonant).
	In Spanish, feminine nouns starting with an emphasized a or ha take the masculine article for singular.
	Examples: el agua (the water) and el hambre (the hunger), but las aguas and las hambres.
	Unlike in all other languages, in Romanian the definite article comes after the noun.
	Romanian also had three genders, and as such three sets of articles.