Confusing English articles "a" and "the"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ย. 2022
- One of the most common grammar mistakes that my English students make is confusing the articles “a” and “the”. In this video I will provide many examples of how the articles used can really change the sentence's meaning and I will teach you the rules for saying the correct article. Use these tips to improve your grammar and become a fluent English speaker.
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Thank you so much! A very informative explanation! But maybe -- in the beginning of the video it's a little confusing (00:30) -- "a" is an indefinite article, and we don't really know what we're talking about. .. I didn't know about Starbucks, like "the venti coffee" :)
But also -- you know -- don't we add "the" to the adjectives to make collective nouns? -- Like, the rich and the poor -- I agree with this..
But shouldn't we just say "children need lots of fresh air" rather than "the children"? Because children is originally a noun, so in my opinion, we don't need to add the.
Thanks a whole lot for your awesome videos!
Keep up the good work!
We kind of wish you would include more US idioms and slang expressions in your teaching materials, though, so we could communicate with native speakers of American English on an entirely new level.
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I'm glad you thought so!
@@Englishwithkayla The word takeaways at the very start is not quite clear for me though. I know only two meanings, homework and when you take your food with you in cafe, restaurant etc.
Another example that we omit articles is that when we are manifesting the fact(not American so hope this makes sense) like I’m going to school now, it seems wordy to add a “the” here
Great job Thanks so much for the Lesson have a blessed weekend Maam
That's so great lesson. Thank you Kayla.
You always teach meaningful lessons thanks
Wowwww Súper interesting ! 👀 thank you Kayla! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you beautiful teacher.
Good teacher
Thank you Kayla..! You sharpened my "article knowledge" Your lessons are always Super Excellent. God 🙏 Bless 🙏 you...!
Thanks Hemantha, this is a tough concept so I'm glad I was able to help!
The best thx a lot, so needed
Thank you so much for you.
Thank you mate
Using THE
when we mean something that we know or specific but A is when we mean something in general.
Hey Kayla very good class using the and a I feel more clear now with your excellent explanation I'd like the way that you teach English greetings from Ontario, Canada
Thanks Daniel! howdy to you in Canada!
Hi, learners of English!
Thanks for Kayla, but what really will help you - it's a lot of reading and listening. No native speaker memorizes all these grammar rules.
Kayla, you rock!💪
Thanks!
Thank you, teacher
Of course!
Around 5:20 of the video, I heard a very vague "the" when Kayla says, "It's most natural to say Can you pick up ??? milk from the store?" When she clearly teaches us to drop the "the". 😃
I think she's gotten confused in the part of the video. At 5:34 also she says "Can you get me water, please?" But the image reads "Can you get me the water, please?"
@@saeid9800 Sorry my subtitles were off here!
uncountable nouns are tricky, you can say both in this instance, but that's why this concept drives English learners crazy! sorry for the confusion
@@Englishwithkayla Actually this video was awesome and so helpful. Some typos won't have any effect. I just wanted to draw your attention to them. We appreciate your sincere efforts.
Nice class
thanks teacher
No problem!
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Way to go! 👍💯😃
Thanks horacio!
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That's very sweet!
Could I get to know why American is using as follows?
'take a nap'
Is 'nap' countable numb ?🤔
I'm beginner with english😷
It is countable but I don't think someone would say: I'm going to take two naps. It is also countable in spanish: Una siesta but people never say: dos, tres, etc. siestas.
Yes you could say "I took two naps today" therefore it's important to say I took a nap
You're right, it's countable but uncommon to say more than one nap, unless you're really tired 🤣
Super confusing!! crazy.
😂😂😂 It's easy. When you're talking about something general, use a : Could you give me a pen? It means ANY pen. When you're talking about something specific, use the: Could you give me the pen? Here you are referring to a SPECIFIC pen; for example, the pen on the table. There are also some rules you need to memorize.
Excellent kayla.i love you mami..
Sorry, for both “a” and “the”you used “Definite” article. Could you clarify?
Also, it is correct if I say”Can you hand me the pencil?” Why did you say I should only say some pencils.
the is the definte article. "Can you hand me the pencil?" is correct, if you are referring to more than one (plural) then you can say "can you hand me those pencils?" or if it's indefinite you can say "can you hand me some pencils?"
What is an article?
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Please new topic
I didn't get why "how is the life?" is wrong! It is specifically my own life and not life in general for all creatures. I got confused!
English is very difficult 😢
Only a few grammar concepts! but otherwise it's not so bad, you can do it Jose!
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