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A/ An
- Su daiktavardiu, einaniu papildiniu (Shell be a dancer).
- Tam tikruose isireikimuose su skaiiais, kitais kiekybs vienetais: a lot of, a great many, a great deal of, a
couple, a dozen, a hundred, a thousand, a half.
- Kain, greiio ir kt. isireikimuose (tada a/an reikia per: 5p a kilo (5 pensai u kilogram), four times a
day, 60 kilometres an hour (reikia sakyti an hour, o ne a hour todl, kad io odio pirmas garsas yra
balsis a, nors ir raomas priebalsis).
- a cup of coffe, a bowl of soup... (skaiiuojmas + neskaiiuojamas).
- Advice, information, news neskaiiuojami (nevartojami su a/an, bet a bit of advice, an item of news, a
piece of information; some).
- Nurodant profesij (She is a lawyer).
- Darbas, tautyb, tikjimas: I'm a structural engineer. Helmut's an Austrian (vienas i daugelio). Stevens
became a Muslim.
- aukiamuosiuose sakiniuose prie vns. skaiiuojam daiktavard (What a long queue! kokia ilga eil!)
Populiars posakiai su a/an:
have a temperature; have a headache; have a toothache; have a sore throat (skaudti gerkl); have a cold
in head (sloguoti); go for a walk; have a good time; have a rest; have a smoke; put an end (to something);
take a great interest (in something); take a; bath / have a bath (a shower); take a seat (atsissti); speak in a
loud voice; twice a week; once a month; as a matter of fact; as a rule (kaip taisykl); its a pity (gaila), etc.
A/AN negalima vartoti:
- dgs,
- su neskaiiuojamais daiktav. (sugar).
- su maisto pavadinimais (breakfast), iskyrus kai jis vartojamas su bdv. (a good breakfast). Su the reikia,
kad tai yra maistas ypatinga proga (I was invited to the dinner given in to welcome the new ambassador).
- artikel atitinka skaitvardis one. Dl to io artikelio ir negalima vartoti daugiskaitoje.
The
- io artikelio pagalba i bdv. galima sudaryti daiktav., reikiani vis moni ar koki nors savybi klas
(good geras, o the good - gris).
- Matuojant: You can buy saffron by the gram.
- Su daiktu, kuris yra unikalus, vienintelis tame kontekste (the moon, the sky, the sea).
- Prie aukiausi bdvardi laipsn (the best).
- Palyginant: the more the better (kuo daugiau tuo geriau).
- Prie kelintinius skaitvardius (the first, the second, etc.).
- Prie only, kai jis reikia vienintelis (the only). Su same (the same).
- is artikelis visada reikalingas frazje su of the university of Vilnius (o Vilnius university artikelio
nereikia).
- Fizin aplinka: I prefer the town to the country.
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