{"id":3737,"date":"2023-03-16T13:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2023-03-16T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:53:31","slug":"3737","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/es\/roinnnancanan\/archives\/3737","title":{"rendered":"Gaelic doesn\u2019t have a word for a."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>You will have noticed that Gaelic doesn\u2019t have a word for <em>a<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Peansail means pencil or a pencil.<\/h2>\n<h2>The word <em>a<\/em> in English is called the <em>indefinite<\/em> article.<\/h2>\n<h2>Gaelic doesn\u2019t have an <em>indefinite<\/em> article.<\/h2>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-164 alignleft\" 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