Articles with nouns
An article describes the Noun. It is used before the noun.
There are two types of articles in the English language.
The speaker talks about a particular thing.
Օրինակ
The cat sat on the couch.
A and An are the indefinite articles in English, which indicate that something is not clear, obvious or exact.
Օրինակ
The cat sat on a couch.
A is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound (a boy, a cat, a dog, etc.).
An is used before a word beginnig with a vowel sound (an apple, an elephant, an umbrella, etc.)
We pronounce the article the as /ði/ in front of words that start with a vowel sound:
the apple, the evening, the eye, the example, the oak, the ears, the arm, the idea, the egg.
We pronounce the article the as /ðə/ in front of words that start with a consonant sound: the car, the cat, the sword, the man, the girl, the table, the kitchen, the book, the door.
Ուշադրություն
We use a and an only before a singular noun. We can't use a and an before a plural noun.
A and An = one (an apple = one apple)
Do not use articles when you talk about things in general.
Օրինակ
I like birds. I love music.
Ուշադրություն
Watch out for the articles in the collocations below:
a lot of, a great many, have a good time,
go for a walk, go to bed, go to school, go to church, go to the theatre,
in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night.