Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016)
by bloak on Monday May 28, 2018 @11:56AM
(#17173085)
Do you mean the sound combination "el", or the fact of having a definite article?
Latin did not have articles. The use of articles is a grammatical feature that has been borrowed between languages. But yes: that kind of borrowing is a lot less frequent than borrowing of vocabulary.
Latin did not have articles. The use of articles is a grammatical feature that has been borrowed between languages. But yes: that kind of borrowing is a lot less frequent than borrowing of vocabulary.