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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛-āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

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Hi, everybody.
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āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨.
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In this video, we’re going to talk about the articles; ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’.
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āĻāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻ¤ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ; 'a', 'an' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'the'āĨ¤
00:08
Now this can be very confusing, so please make sure you pay careful attention.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
00:15
We use articles in front of nouns.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
00:18
Okay, so remember that and let’s look at the board.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨.
00:23
First, we use ‘a’ or ‘an’ when we’re talking about any one thing.
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻ¤, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'a' āĻŦāĻž 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
00:30
For example, let’s say I say, “A banana is delicious.”
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āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, āĻ§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ• āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĨ¤"
00:36
Okay, that means all bananas.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤
00:38
Any banana is delicious.
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āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĨ¤
00:41
“A banana is delicious.”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĨ¤"
00:44
Okay, let’s jump over here.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•.
00:47
If I’m talking about a specific bananaâ€Ļ
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋâ€Ļ
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maybe I have a banana in my hand.
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āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
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It’s specific, not any banana, this one.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ, āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•.
00:57
I have to use ‘the’,
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ 'the' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡,
01:00
“The banana is old.”
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"āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤"
01:03
Okay. This one.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡. āĻāĻ‡āĻŸāĻž.
01:05
I can’t say, “A banana is old.”
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤"
01:09
Then that means all bananas are old.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤
01:11
And that’s not true. Just this one.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻŸāĻž.
01:14
So, I say, “The banana is old.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "āĻ•āĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤"
01:18
Okay, let’s move over here.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•.
01:21
We also use ‘a’ or ‘an’ when we’re talking about something for the first time.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'a' āĻŦāĻž 'an' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
01:27
So, I have another example here.
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
01:30
“I watched a movie.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ."
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Okay.
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01:33
I’m talking about this movie for the first time, so I have to use “â€Ļa movie”.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ "...āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛āĻšā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°" āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤
01:41
But, if I want to talk about this movie again,
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡,
01:45
for the second time, or the third time or fourth, fifthâ€Ļ
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĨ, āĻĒāĻžā§āĻšāĻŽâ€Ļ
01:49
it doesn’t matter.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
01:51
I have to use ‘the’.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ 'the' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤
01:54
“The movie was fun.”
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"āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
01:57
I’m talking about this one. The specific.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ.
02:00
“The movie was fun.”
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"āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
02:03
I can’t say, “A movie was fun.”
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
02:06
That means all movies are fun.
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āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤
02:08
That’s not true.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž.
02:10
“The movie was fun.”
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"āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
02:13
Okay, and I also use ‘the’
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ 'the' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°
02:16
when I’m talking about a noun where there’s only one and only.
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āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
02:20
Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
02:21
For example, there’s only one sun.
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āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
02:24
Okay, when I look at the sky, there’s only one sun.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
02:28
So, I say, “The sun.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤"
02:31
“The sun is hot.”
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"āĻ­ā§€āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ—āĻ°āĻŽ."
02:32
I cannot say, “A sun.”
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤"
02:35
That’s wrong.
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āĻ“āĻ‡āĻŸāĻž āĻ­ā§āĻ˛.
02:36
When there’s one and only, we say, “The sun.”
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āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤"
02:40
Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
02:41
Let’s look at some more examples.
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āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĨ¤
02:43
The first example says, “A lion is dangerous.”
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻ•āĨ¤"
02:48
I have to use ‘a’ because I’m talking about any one lion.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ 'a' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
02:53
Any lion is dangerous.
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āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻ•āĨ¤
02:55
All lions are dangerous.
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āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻšāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻ•āĨ¤
02:58
So, I use ‘a’.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ 'a' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
03:01
The next sentence says, “It’s a dog.”
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āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡, "āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĨ¤"
03:05
I’m talking about this dog for the first time, so I use ‘a’.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ 'a' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
03:12
Now, I’m talking about this dog for the second time.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
03:17
So, I say, “The dog is cute.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĨ¤"
03:21
Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
03:22
Here’s a similar example.
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ.
03:24
“It’s an ant.”
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"āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤"
03:27
Well, I used ‘an’ because we have ‘ant’, which start with a vowel.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ 'āĻ†āĻ¨' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° 'āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž' āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03:32
And I’m talking about this ant for the first time.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
03:37
“It’s an ant.”
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"āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤"
03:39
Now, I’m talking about this ant again.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
03:42
“The ant is small.”
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"āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸāĨ¤"
03:45
“The antâ€Ļ”, this one, “â€Ļis small.”
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"āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž...", āĻāĻ‡āĻŸāĻž, "...āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸāĨ¤"
03:50
Okay, and the last one.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻāĻ•.
03:52
“It’s the moon.”
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"āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻāĨ¤"
03:54
I have to say, “the moon” because there’s only one moon.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡, "āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻ" āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
03:59
I cannot say, “a moon”.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻ"āĨ¤
04:02
“It’s the moon.
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“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻāĨ¤
04:03
The moonâ€Ļ”, only one, “â€Ļis round.”
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āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻ...", āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ, "...āĻ—ā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤"
04:09
Okay.
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04:10
Let’s look at some more examples.
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āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĨ¤
04:13
Okay, we have some more examples,
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡,
04:16
but this time I want you to think about whether we should put ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° 'a', 'an' āĻŦāĻž 'the' āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
04:23
Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
04:24
So, “I see ____ desk and ___ chair.”
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚, "āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ ____ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ___ āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤"
04:29
We don’t know which desk and chair.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ• āĻ†āĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤
04:32
And it’s the first time I’m talking about them.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ.
04:36
So, we have to put ‘a’.
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° 'a' āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤
04:40
“I see a desk and a chair.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤"
04:46
The next one.
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āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•.
04:47
“I see ____ octopus.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ ____ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤"
04:49
Okay, this is the same.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡.
04:52
It’s the first time I’m talking about this octopus.
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āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ.
04:57
So, do I put ‘a’ or ‘an’?
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ 'a' āĻŦāĻž 'an' āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻŦ?
05:00
Well here we have the vowel ‘o’.
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āĻ†āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ 'o' āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
05:04
So we have to put “‘an’ octopus”.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ "'āĻ†āĻ¨' āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸"āĨ¤
05:07
“I see an octopus.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤"
05:10
Okay, the next one.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ°āĻŸāĻžāĨ¤
05:12
“It’s ___ pen.”
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"āĻāĻŸāĻŋ ___ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻŽāĨ¤"
05:14
Okay, it’s the same.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻ‡.
05:16
It’s the first time, so I say, “a pen”.
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āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻŽ"āĨ¤
05:20
Now, I’m talking about the pen for the second time.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ˛āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
05:24
So I say, “The pen is red.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "āĻ•āĻ˛āĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤"
05:30
Okay, I’m talking about this one.
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05:32
So I say, “the”.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ, "the"āĨ¤
05:34
Okay, similarlyâ€Ļ
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻāĻ•āĻ‡āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡...
05:36
“She is ____ girl.”
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"āĻ¸ā§‡ ____ āĻŽā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĨ¤"
05:39
What do I say?
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‹?
05:41
“a girl.”
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"āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡."
05:42
We’re talking about her for the first time.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ.
05:46
Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
05:47
And now we’re talking about this girl again, for the second time.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
05:51
So, I have to say, “The girl is pretty.”
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡, "āĻŽā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĨ¤"
05:56
And the last example.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤
05:58
“I can see ___ sky.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ ___ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤"
06:02
Now, we only have one sky.
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
06:05
Rightâ€Ļ
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06:05
So, if there’s only one and only, we have to put the article ‘the’.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡...
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŸāĻŋ 'the' āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤
06:11
“I can see the sky.”
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06:15
Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
06:16
So in this video, we talked about the articles ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’.
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06:22
I hope you understand, and I’ll see you in the next video.
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06:25
Bye.
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