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What do you mean? :o[/quote]

He means probably the particle "то" e.g. "слона-то я и не приметил", "возьми ведро-то да принеси воды-то".[/quote]Not exactly. The article in question is -от/-та/-ът...

Word order is often the device we use where English would use articles. Compare:

На столе книга. There's a book on the table.
Книга на столе. The book is on the table.

Word order is only one...

Because communists banned articles. Seriously though, there can be no answer to your "why" question other than "because". That's how languages work. Different languages use different devices.

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