English definite and indefinite articles a, an and the

A, An, The" definite and indefinite articles in English

The indefinite article a/an

النكرة

تستخدم مع الاسماء المعدودة المفردة

is used before singular countable nouns. We use a before nouns which begin with a constant sound and an before nouns  which begin with a vowel sound.

It is a dog.

تستخدم ( a ) مع الاسماء المعدودة في اللغة الانجليزية التي تبدأ باحد الحروف الانجليزية المتحركة ( a,u,o,i,e)

This is an apple.

تستخدم (an)  اذا بدات الكلمة بحرف تابث ( جميع الحروف الانجليزية ماعدا الحروف المتحركة السابقة)  

We don't use a/an

لا نستخدم الاداتين a and an  مع الاسماء الغير معدودة و الجمع وانما تستبدل ب some

with uncountable or plural nouns.We can use  "some instead"

some chocolate

some eggs.

with adjectives

مع الصفات

استخدم اداة التنكير قبل الصفة

It's an expensive car.

It's a fast car.

Definite Article "The"

أداة التعريف

تستخدم مع الاسماء المفردة ومع الجمع

is used with singular and plural nouns : "the men" "the man" "the girl"

The dog in the picture is big. 

We don't use "the" لا تستخدم ادوات التنكير قبل

We use "the"

with plural nouns when we talk about them in general.  مع الجمع Lions are wild animals. (which lions? All lions in general!.) before proper nouns الاسماء This is Tom. before names of meals (breakfast, ,lunch, dinner, etc) مع الوجبات والرياضة and games/sports (golf, tennis, basketball, etc) Football is an exciting sport. with the words this/that/these/those  مع اسماء الاشارة this car, those bicycles Not: This the car. with the words school, bed, hospital, prison, home when we refer to the purpose for which they exist.   I go to school at 7:00 in the morning. (I'm a student.)

with nouns mentioned before or already known. in other words, when we can answer the question "Who?" or "Which?" يستخدم لىشارة الى شيء تم ذكره سابقا او معروف  I can see a book. The book is red. Which book? The red book in the picture. with nouns which are unique. مع الاسماء المميزة الفريدة the earth, the sky, the moon before the names of rivers, seas/oceans, mountain قبل اسماء الانهار والمحيطات the Nile, the Atlantic, the Alps, the USA before the names of musical instruments قبل اسماء الادوات المسيقية the piano, the guitar before nationalities and families قبل الجنسيات واسم العائلة the Italians, the Arabian the smiths before the words morning, afternoon, evening قبل الكلمات  I go to school in the morning.

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