Articles & Determiners

Using a, an, the, this, that, these, those

Introducción

Los artículos y determinantes son palabras pequeñas con una importancia enorme. Se colocan antes de los sustantivos y nos dicen si estamos hablando de algo específico o general, singular o plural, cercano o lejano.

Viniendo del español, ya conoces el concepto de artículos ("el", "la", "un", "una") — pero el inglés los simplifica a solo tres: "a", "an" y "the". La parte complicada es que el inglés a veces omite el artículo donde el español lo usa, y viceversa. "I like music" (sin artículo) vs "Me gusta la música" (con artículo).

Los demostrativos (this, that, these, those) funcionan de forma similar al español. Con práctica, elegir el artículo correcto se vuelve intuitivo.

Temas

Todos los Gramática inglesa en este capítulo (22)

• a / an Introduces singular countable nouns that are not specific
• the Refers to specific nouns already known to speaker and listener
• this / that / these / those Demonstratives that point to specific things based on distance
• Countable vs Uncountable Nouns Nouns that can or cannot be counted
• Possessive Pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
• much / many / a lot of Quantifiers for large amounts
• Articles with Places When to use articles with locations and buildings
• Articles with Meals & Times No article with meal names and certain time expressions
• a/an with Jobs Using indefinite articles when stating professions
• a/an with Singular Countables Using articles with singular countable nouns
• Possessive Adjectives Words showing ownership: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
• some / any Indicating unspecified quantities
• a lot of / lots of Expressing large quantities
• a few / a little Small but sufficient quantities
• 'the' for Known/Shared Information Using 'the' when both speaker and listener know what is meant
• No Article (General Statements) Omitting articles for general/abstract concepts
• Countable Nouns Nouns that can be counted and have plural forms
• Uncountable Nouns Nouns that cannot be counted individually
• this/that (Near vs Far) Pointing to things by distance
• both, either, neither Words for talking about two things
• each and every Referring to all members individually
• (a) few / (a) little Small quantities with different meanings