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It is the shortened form of the indefinite article "an," used before a word beginning with a consonant sound. THE is a definite article. Example: I saw a red car. What I saw could be any red car. On the other hand, if I say "I saw the red car," what I saw is definitely the car that we are talking about.

By the way -- articles are a subset of Adjectives. Adjectives modify nouns and are generally found in front of the noun that they modify. At least in English they are. In other languages, french and Spanish, for example, they may be generally found after the noun they modify.

While it is true that in French most adjective follow the noun, articles still precede the noun.

Example: The green house ----- La Maison vert (The house green)

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