Easily understanding Italian articles

What are articles? I'm not talking about the things you read in a newspaper or a magazine, I'm talking about those little words that are attached to every noun you use: "a/an", and "the". Articles serve the purpose of distinguish a general noun (one of possibly many) from a specific noun. They tell the difference between "a ball" and "the ball".

In English we take articles for granted. It might come as a surprise, in fact, to learn that there are languages (such as Russian, or Polish) that don't... continue reading at Fluent Every Year