Contraction

A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds.

Article Contraction
An article is a part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). The articles in my language are:


 * le (masculine) and la (feminine). Similar to the in English.
 * uno (masculine) and una (feminine). Similar to a and an in English.

The rule of article contraction is that if the noun the article precedes starts with a vowel, the article is contracted, like this: "L'aquilo." or "un'aquilo." However, it can not be contracted if one prefers, like this: "Le aquilo." or "uno aquilo."

If the noun the article precedes starts with a consonant, the article isn't contracted, like this: "Le porco." or "Uno porco." It can not be: "L'porco." or "Un'porco."

Possessive Pronoun Contraction
More information on possessive pronoun contraction.