Articles and names
I read that in some dialects of Spanish (not sure which ones exactly) people tend to put articles (i.e. the word "the") in front of names when talking about someone in the third person, e.g. el Juan, la María (the Juan, the María). Are there any other languages which do this?
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Articles and names  ·  overtheclouds  ·  2/15/2013, 6:15 AM
Re: Articles and names  ·  elbowin  ·  2/19/2013, 2:40 AM
Re: Articles and names  ·  Mar  ·  2/17/2013, 8:02 AM
Re: Articles and names  ·  Getb2  ·  2/16/2013, 3:22 PM
Portuguese. (m)  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/15/2013, 6:10 PM
Re: Articles and names  ·  Rene  ·  2/15/2013, 8:29 AM
Re: Articles and names  ·  ClaudiaS  ·  2/15/2013, 7:15 AM