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my mother and my family are korean and i know since i was born in usa but my mom isnt that sure and its a vit tough to explain

2006-11-16 11:38:04 · 5 answers · asked by skims!!! 4 in Education & Reference Primary & Secondary Education

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"The" is a very rounded out word, and usually used before any nouns (The box, the chair) to let the person recognize that you are referring to THAT chair or box.

2006-11-16 11:42:05 · answer #1 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 2 0

This is the most difficult grammar question ever. There are over 50 different reasons for why we use the. You are going to get many answers from many people. I teach TOEFL so I will make this as simple as possible for you.
1. Please say "the same". So many of my Korean and Japanese students don't. That's a reason, all by itself.
2. Many people will tell you it is because it is a specific noun. Actually, we say the dog only when we think the other person knows the specific dog we are talking about. That's why native speakers say, the moon, the sun, the sky, etc. If you ask people to close their eyes and imagine this noun, they will think of the same thing. If you ask people to do that with "dog" everyone would think of something different. This does cause problems for us. For example, we always say, "the library, the airport", and it is possible in some cities that there is more than one, thus, your taxi might take you to the wrong place.
3. The is commonly used in noun phrases with "of". They are inversions of possesion. Yu-Jin's pen becomes the pen of Yu-Jin.
4. Countries have 2 names. For whatever reason, sometimes one name is used more frequently than others. American use both frequently. The USA or America. In Canada, we almost never say The Dominion of Canada.
5. Use the before numbers like, the first, the thrid, the four hundred and fifty seventh battalion.
6. Use the with directions and sequence: the north, the south, the top, the bottom, the left, the centre, the begining, the afternoon, the side
7. Use the with groups of mountians: The Rocky Mountians
8. Use the before adjectives for groups of people: The Koreans, the rich, the old.
9. Use the in quanity experssions: some of the dogs, one of the cats, many of the problems.
10. Take a course at my company. Kaplan. Our teachers actually have the training to explain these things clearly.

2006-11-16 20:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by xayuq 3 · 1 0

well you use "the" when your talking about an object. for example, the cat ran fast, when does the show come on, the television, the heater, the computer, the ice, the baby. see? try.....oh and by the way,its "bit", not, "vit"

hope i was some help

2006-11-16 19:43:12 · answer #3 · answered by chicky9244 2 · 1 0

there are many uses for that word the most common are before a noun or adjective.
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THE yellow cat climed over the fence. (before an adjective)
THE cat was yellow and climed over the fence. (before a noun)

2006-11-16 19:45:51 · answer #4 · answered by whatifitoldyou i was a ninja? 2 · 0 0

we use the when we are referring to a specific object the cat, teh dog. we also use it as an article adjective

2006-11-16 19:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by smartgrl_09 2 · 0 1

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