In this lesson you'll learn:

- How to ask or say what something is

- The three nominatuve forms of the definite article (the)

- The other forms of the masc. A-stem and the neuter A-stem

Lesson 2 The definite article The definite article (the) in Gothic is translated with the same word for "thus" and "that".

In Gothic "the" is translated with "sa" (masc.) "þata" (neut.) and "so" (fem.).

These are the forms for the singular form, so "sa" can be used for "the king", but not for "the kings".



"the" however is only translated if a word was used before. So for example:

"The king is with a soldier, the king is on the road."

"Þiudans ist miþ gadrauhta, sa þiudans ist ana wiga."





How to ask or say what something is It is very important to be able to say what something is, or to ask what something is. For this we need to know the word for "what". The Gothic word f…