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And, on the general theme, the Bulgarian rules for using definite articles are closer to the French rather than to the English rules (I'm fluent in French and E
by davidgay 6y ago
And, on the general theme, the Bulgarian rules for using definite articles are closer to the French rather than to the English rules (I'm fluent in French and English, learning Bulgarian ;)).
I'm not going to try for a Bulgarian example of the difference, but here's an English vs French one
"A Paris, les oranges ont l'air ..."
"In Paris, oranges appear ..."
One could possibly add a definite article to the English sentence, but one definitely cannot remove it from the French one.
- tsimionescu 6y agoI'm not a linguist, but I believe there is a direct relation between the French article and the Bulgarian one - Bulgarian articles are characteristic of the Balkan sprachbund[0], likely influenced by medieval Romanian, a romance language. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_sprachbund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_sprachbund