ARTICLE :THE

ARTICLE: THE 

📌CONCEPT BASIC📌 

In Spanish there are four definite articles: el, la, los and las. All these articles are translated into English as the. Let's see some examples:

EXAMPLES:

💙The dog is cute.

 💙The apple is red.

    💙The dogs are cute.

      💙The apples are red.

Therefore, we can say that it is invariable in gender and number. As you can see, good perspectives with the article determined for us, speakers of the Spanish language, although not everything could be so simple

•BASIC RULES• 

- Designate a specific person or thing. In this sense, the importance of the article is fundamental, since its presence depends on the interlocutor's knowledge of the object or person we are talking about.

EXAMPLES: 

                                                                                                  
🔖Computers are expensive
🔖Computers are expensive

Both phrases can be translated as "Computers are expensive". In contrast, in the first example, we say that computers are expensive in general (we want to imply that any computer is usually an expensive object). In the second example, we are talking about a specific group of computers. We have bought some state-of-the-art laptops in our office, the price of which is high. That is why in the conversation one of the people says to the other, referring to said equipment, that the computers (the acquired laptops) are expensive.

- Even when the article is omitted with proper names (1) (in this case a title is usually used), if the article is used THE when we speak of a geographical name (2) (rivers, seas, mountain ranges, islands, etc.). ) and with names of objects when they acquire a proper name as a denomination (3) (ships, hotels, publications, etc.)

EXEMPLES:

(1) Mr. Brown (and not the Mr. Brown), Dr. Gannon (and not Dr. Gannon)

(2) The Thames, The Mediterranean, The Himalayas, The Bahamas

(3) The Queen Elizabeth, The Washington Post, The Palace Hotel

📖OMISSION OF ARTICLE📖

The determined article is omitted in the following cases:

• As we have said before, when we refer to people. (Treatment is usually used as precedent).

Mr Epi / Mr. Epi King Arthur / King Arthur Lord Craig / Lord Craig

• When we refer to countries or other geographical terms with proper names.

-England 

-Sesame Street 

-New York 

•It is not used when we refer to churches, schools, prisons, hospitals and other public meeting places regarding its generic use as such.

She goes to school / She is going to school(she's a schoolgirl)

He is in hospital / He is in the hospital (admitted)

•In front of names of substances, colors and languages.

-Iron is hard 

-Pink is a flashy color 

-English is an interesting language 

• With the months, seasons, weeks, years, etc. when we take as reference the current time and the days of the week and hours

-He came in July 

-She came in spring 

-On Saturday 

-At half past five 

• When we talk about breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner.

-Dinner is at seven 

•When we talk about activities, crafts and games:

-Chess 

- Fishing 

-Architecture 

•When we talk about percentages:

-Twenty percent 

• When you use names of body parts that are used with the verb to have (have).

-My daughter has blue eyes 

📖COMPLEMENTATION📖

so you can understand clearly I leave you a video to be able to differentiate more clearly the article THE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOGE8yQz8Gc

📑EXERCISES📑

Complete the sentences with the definite article "the" if necessary. In places where you can not use "the", put a zero (0).

1. On  Sundays my father stays in  bed and reads  Sunday papers.

2.  youngest daughter has just started going to  school; eldest daughter is at  university.

3.  darkness doesn't worry  cats because they can see in dark.

4. He had an accident and was taken to  hospital. Have you rung  hospital to see how he is?

5. Ann has given up  gymnastics and is taking  ballet lessons instead.

6.  most of  stories that  people tell about Irish aren't true.

7.  married couples with  children often rent  cottages by  seaside for  summer holidays.

8.  girls in my class are going to  cinema this Saturday.

9. My grandmother goes to  church in  mornings.

10. You can fool some of  people all  time, and all  people some of  time; but you cannot fool all  people all  time.

 


📪MESSAGE📫

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