The Indefinite Article
The indefinite article in English is a or an
(depending upon whether the word begins with a vowel sound
or not). The indefinite article in Greek is shown below,
and, as with the definite article, it comes in three genders to
match its noun:
| a, an |
| Masculine | Fem. | Neuter |
|---|
    |   | |
Let’s take the words from the last page and put them
with the proper indefinite article:
| Masculine: |
    
a man, |
 
a tailor, |
   
a circle |
|
| Feminine: |
a mother, |
  
a queen, |
a roof |
|
| Neuter: |
a pencil, |
 
a minute, |
a girl |
|
Bonus! The indefinite article
also means the number one. So, for
example, you could render the last part of that table into English
as “one pencil, one minute, one girl&rdquo. In conversation
or in written Greek,
the context will always make it clear which meaning is correct.
Before proceeding, let’s practice what we’ve learned about
gender and articles.