Catalan/L'article

DEFINITE

• MASCULINE
  • SING = el
  • PLUR = els

• FEMININE
  • SING = la
  • PLUR = les

• JOINED (l-apostrophe) articles for masculine or feminine words starting with a, e, o or h:
  • examples: l'article, l'entitat, l'oncle, l'hivern

• JOINED articles before foreign words beginning with s followed by a consonant
  • example: l'Stradivarius [pronounced: estradivarius]

• JOINED articles for words starting with u or i:
  • If the first syllable is stressed use l'.
    • l'Imma, l'ús (first letter is "i"/"u", first syllable stressed.)
  • If a syllable other than the first syllable is stressed use l-apostrophe before the u or i.
    • la Immaculada (first letter is "i", fourth syllable is stressed), la universitat (first letter is "u", the last syllable is stressed)

INDEFINITE

• MASCULINE
  • SING = un
  • PLUR = uns

• FEMININE
  • SING = una
  • PLUR = unes