In German, You Don't Need Just an Article

In English, the definite article is a free morphine or a separate word that is in front of the now. It might be indeclineable or declinable if you have a language that has case marking. Definite articles are subject to all sorts of indignities and they disappear and get recreated fairly quickly. One Bantu language has a definite article that presents itself only in a tone change in the noun.