The three articles (the, a, and an) are adjectives.
1. "A/an"(plus "some", according to some) = Indefinite Article. 2. The = Definite Article.
In America it is quite common to treat articles (the, a, an) as a part of speech.
articles are actually a type of determiner (adjective) because of this it is not included in parts of speech.
articles and adjectives
An is an article. Articles are placed in the adjective category.
Articles like "a" or "an" are considered the shortest parts of speech, as they consist of only one letter.
The articles "a," "an," and "the" are classified as determiners. They are used before nouns to specify whether the noun is specific or nonspecific.
The English language includes a part of speech that the Latin language doesn't. That part of speech is the article. The Latin language has neither definite nor indefinite articles. So it has no equivalents of 'a' and 'the'.
All three of the words at the end of the question sentence are "articles".
"The" is a definite article. Definite articles are usually classified as a subset of adjectives.
"can" is an auxiliary verb in those examples.
An adjective is a part of speech.