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)
The part of speech that the word my is used as is an adjective.
A suffix changes a word's part of speech. For example, the word 'happy' is an adjective. But when you add a suffix, which is an ending, it can change the part of speech. Happily is an adverb. Happiness is a noun.
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it depends what word it is it could be any part of speech depending on the sentence
The word power is a noun. The plural form is powers.
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.
The part of speech that the word my is used as is an adjective.
H is a letter, not a word. To be a part of speech, it needs to be a word.
The part of speech for the word civilian is English grammar.
The part of speech for the word diplomacy is a noun.
The word speech is a noun.
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.
The word speech is a noun.
The word speech is a noun.
The word speech is a noun.
What "part of speech" is the word "said?"
A suffix changes a word's part of speech. For example, the word 'happy' is an adjective. But when you add a suffix, which is an ending, it can change the part of speech. Happily is an adverb. Happiness is a noun.