Editing Slovene language (section)

===Definiteness===
There are no [[definite article|definite]] or [[indefinite article]]s as in English (''the'', ''a'', ''an'') or [[German language|German]] ({{lang|sl|der, die, das, ein, eine}}). A noun is described without articles; the [[grammatical gender]] is shown by the ending of the word. It is enough to say {{lang|sl|barka}} ('a' or 'the barge'), {{lang|sl|Noetova barka}} ('Noah's ark'). The gender is known in this case to be feminine. In [[declension]]s, endings are normally changed; see below. If one would like to somehow distinguish between the definiteness or indefiniteness of a noun, one would say {{lang|sl|(prav/natanko/ravno) tista barka}} ('that/precise/exact barge') for 'the barge' and {{lang|sl|neka/ena barka}} ('some/a barge') for 'a barge'.

The definiteness of a noun phrase can also be discerned through the ending of the accompanying adjective. One should say {{lang|sl|rdeči šotor}} ('[exactly that] red tent') or {{lang|sl|rdeč šotor}} ('[a] red tent'). This difference is observable only for masculine nouns in nominative or accusative case. Because of the lack of article in Slovene and audibly insignificant difference between the masculine adjective forms, most dialects do not distinguish between definite and indefinite variants of the adjective, leading to [[hypercorrection]] when speakers try to use Standard Slovene.<ref name="suss">{{cite news |url=http://www2.arnes.si/~lmarus/suss/arhiv/suss-arhiv-000346.html |title=Kako uporabljati določne pridevnike |publisher=ŠUSS |date=2 June 2005 |access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref>