One of the topics of greatest difficulty learning language articles are in English.Difficulty understanding of this topic for the Russian-speaking person in the fact that in our language no articles, no similar parts of speech.Sometimes it happens that a person who begins to learn English is almost impossible to explain the logic of the position that this article, and when it should be used.Therefore, those who want to learn English, have to remember a lot of cases the use of articles.However, this is not as difficult as it seems.
Consider the indefinite articles in English.It's a and an, before vowels and consonants.According to one version, the indefinite articles in English, comes from the word "one", which means "the one."It is not known how this version is close to the truth.However, using it is simple enough to remember the basic uses of indefinite articles.The most common rule, in fact, here is one: the indefinite article can be safely put out there, where it's easy to write the word "one", "all", "some", ie with all the nouns in a sentence that are in the singular.For example, a donkey - a donkey, a telephone - telephone, a dream - a dream.Or an armchair - chair, an hour - hour.But this is not all you need to know to use this insidious part of the speech, which causes so many difficulties.
Thus, we consider in more detail how to use the articles in the English language.The rules are as follows:
1) indefinite article need to be used if the item appears in the conversation for the first time, and the source does not know yet about the subject:
A book is so interesting - book is so interesting (Some kind of book that people have not read).
2) If something is seen as one of a number of others like him, for example, if we have in mind that a person working in one of the many small shops, one of the many factories, or lives in a small town:
I do not like to live in a town - I do not like to live in the city (a small town).
3) If the subject of the talk, as a representative of the entire class, for example:
A squirrel is a sweet animal - Squirrel - cute animal (As one of the cute animals).
4) After quite, such, rather, what (but only in exclamatory sentences), and after the turn there + to be, facing a countable noun (uncountable nouns - are those who can be counted one by one. For example, a houseapple, box, notebook. And uncountable - those count that can not, for example, water, milk, sugar:
He was such a severe man! - He was so strict man!
There is a pond near our house.- Near our house there is a lake.
5) in such phrases as once a week, once a month, once a year, a well when the indefinite article is within the meaning of numeral one, the only.
She'll be your wife in a year.- It will be your wife a year later.
and in combination a number (of), a few, a great deal (of), a little, a great manybe at a loss, etc.
Sorry, I can not explain, I am in a hurry.- Sorry, I can not byasnit.I am in a hurry.
These examples show that the articles in the English language constitute the formation of grammar, learn that is not just necessary but vital.As seen from the examples, the articles in English have significant meaning.That is why they miss than sinning, many of our fellow citizens, we can not.Do not forget that in addition of articles a, an English have the definite article the, which also has its own nuances use.
