Catalan/L'article

Definite
The elided form of the singular article, l ' , is used in the following cases:


 * Before words starting with a, e, o or silent h followed by one of those letters
 * e.g., l'article ('the article'), l'entitat ('the entity'), l'oncle ('the uncle')


 * Before foreign words beginning with s followed by a consonant (which receive an before the s in actual pronunciation)
 * e.g., l'Stradivarius (actually pronounced lestradivarius, as though it were written l'Estradivarius)


 * Before stressed i, u, or silent h followed by one of those letters (stressed syllables underlined in examples below)
 * e.g., l' I mma ('Imma', third-person reference), l' ús  ('the use'), l' hivern ('the winter')
 * Before unstressed i, u, or silent h followed by one of those letters, the full form la is used rather than the elided form l ' 
 * la Immacu la da ('Immaculada', third-person reference), la universi tat  ('the university')