They also insert articles before most nouns. If the speaker is German, he will use "ein" (equivalent of "a") liberally, "der" (for "the") less liberally, and "die" or "das" (female and neuter equivalents of "the") rarely. Likewise, Spanish-speaking characters are more likely to use "el" rather than "la", and French-speaking characters almost always use "le". Russians, on the other hand, tend to drop the articles (since Russian has no exact equivalents of "a" or "the".) Examples of Poirot Speak include: