Romániço Articles An article is a determiner that introduces a person or thing, such as the and a. English and Romániço both recognize two varieties of article, indefinite and definite: Indefinite Articles The indefinite article implies that the person or thing being introduced is non-specific. In most cases, English uses a(n), whereas Romániço uses nothing at all: mactisto, cocisto, candelierefisto   a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker un-vece en vivdurationo   once in a lifetime However, to underscore that the speaker is unfamiliar with the person or thing being introduced, Romániço uses álica (“some”): Álica cherlo ja colisionen cun mea parafango, et mi dicen ad li ‘Esen fructosa et multecen’. Mas ne per ecuila vocábulos.   Some guy hit my fender, and I told him ‘be fruitful, and multiply.’ But not in those words. Alternatively, one can use cuida (“a certain”) to indicate that the person or thing being introduced, while specific, is not explicitly named or stated, or that it is unknown to the listener or reader:
	Se cuida personos plu vécula et sapia vol ja ne comporten cuale infantetos et ja ne deventionen tale sentimentema, alore omno vol es bona.		If certain older, wiser people hadn’t acted like such little babies and gotten so mushy, then everything would be OK.
Dunche vi va comprensen che cuo mi ja dicen ad vi es vera ... de cuida vidpunto.		So you see, what I’ve told you is true ... from a certain point of view.

To indicate that something is one of a class of otherwise unique people or things, or that it’s a quantity or type of mass noun, Romániço uses on (“a, an”):

On can also used to signal a compound noun to avoid confusion when speaking:

When followed by an adjective, la can be used to imply a person or thing. To emphasize that multiple persons or things are being implied, one uses las:

Other than singling out individual items from groups or using individual items to represent the group, Romániço doesn’t much use its definite articles. Which sets it apart from other European languages in that it does not use the definite articles:

• When the thing it introduces is a material or abstraction:
  auro   gold acuo   water energío   energy liberitio, ecualitio, germanitio   liberté, égalité, fraternité

• When the thing it introduces is the name of a science or art:
  infinitésima cálculo   infinitesimal calculus magío   magic judó   judo

• When the thing it introduces is any sort of proper name, including those of rivers, mountains, seasons, months, and days:
  Danubio   The Danube Alpos   The Alps Caspio   The Caspian Sea Januario   January Mercuridio   Wednesday presidento Bush II   President Bush II

  The definite article is used, however, when the proper name is in apposition to a common noun or modified by an adjective (in the case of people):

  Carlo la Calva   Charles the Bald la hómino, la mitho, la serieto: Elvis   the man, the myth, the miniseries: Elvis

• When the thing it introduces denotes a kinship relation, body part, article of clothing, or other object intimately associated with the speaker:
  Cesationen tocher mea filiiso.   Stop touching my daughter. Cesationen tocher mea genúculo.   Stop touching my knee. Cesationen tocher mea capelo.   Stop touching my hat. Cesationen tocher mea iPod.   Stop touching my iPod.