If you have ever talked or exchanged messages with a native Japanese speaker in English, you might have noticed that Japanese people often make mistakes with the use of articles.

Probably, I have already been making mistakes while writing this too...

Instead of saying, “I have a cat/dog” we tend to say “I have cat” or “I have dog” or even "I have the cat" because as you already know, there is no concept of articles in Japanese.

Now you know why we often make this kind of mistake.