> oh, Russian? Just wondering Close enough — Ukrainian. In fact most languages on this planet don’t have articles. > Why don't you need to make that distincti

> oh, Russian? Just wondering Close enough — Ukrainian. In fact most languages on this planet don’t have articles. > Why don't you need to make that distinction? Because you just ydon’t, it’s perfectly clear from context most of time or even completely irrelevant. When you actually mean to make this distinction, you just add this/that/my/your or some/any/whatever, refer to specific object by name or any other way. > … in a way that makes its utility to English speakers seem less puzzling I mean I understand the thing, it encodes another redundant bit of information, which I just don’t have when I’m thinking about something.