Editing Friulian language (section)

=== Articles ===
The Friulian [[article (grammar)|definite article]] (which corresponds to "the" in English) is derived from the Latin ''ille'' and takes the following forms:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[Definite article]]s
! Number
! Masculine
! Feminine
|-
! Singular
| il
| la
|-
! Plural
| i
| lis
|}
Before a vowel, both ''il'' and ''la'' can be abbreviated to l' in the standard forms - for example ''il + arbul'' (the tree) becomes ''l'arbul.'' Yet, as far as the article ''la'' is concerned, modern grammar recommends that its non elided form should be preferred over the elided one: ''la acuile (the eagle)'' although in speech the two ''a'' sounds are pronounced as a single one. In the spoken language, various other articles are used.<ref>In Northern Friuli, ''el'' is used instead of ''il''. In Southern and Western Friuli, ''al'' is used instead of ''il''. In Northern Friuli, ''li'' or ''las'' is used instead of ''lis'' and ''le'' instead of ''la''.</ref>

The indefinite article in Friulian (which corresponds to ''a'' and ''an'' in English) derives from the Latin ''unus'' and varies according to gender:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[Indefinite article]]s
|-
! Masculine
| un
|-
! Feminine
| une
|}

A partitive article also exists: '''des''' for feminine and '''dai''' for masculine: {{lang|fur|des vacjis}} – ''some cows'' and ''dai libris'' - ''some books''