Articles: a or an?

English has two types of articles:

The definite article 'the' is used wherever you use 'de' or 'het' in Dutch.
'The' can be used with both singular and plural.

Examples

The article 'a' is used if the first letter of the word that follows is pronounced as a consonant;
if the first letter of the word that follows is pronounced as a vowel, you use 'an'.

Examples