ARTICOLELE

NEHOTARAT (indefinite articles) – A si AN; a book, a ruler, an eraser, an apple

A + consoana AN + vocala

Folosim A inaintea unui cuvant care incepe cu vocala u daca pronuntia lui incepe cu Y.

- A UNIFORM DAR an umbrella

Folosim AN inaintea unui cuvant care incepe cu H daca nu se aude H-ul cand pronuntam cuvantul

- AN HOUR DAR a house

Se foloseste pentru substantive care se pot numara (countable nouns) atunci cand vorbim despre ele in general; se
foloseste dupa verbul have got si to be

- He is an attorney.
- He has got a pet.

NU FOLOSIM a/an cu substantive care NU se pot numara (uncountable nouns) sau cu substantive la plural; putem
folosim SOME

- I don’t like apples.

- I want some sugar and some strawberries.

HOTARAT (definite article) – THE; the book, the chair, the umbrella

THE cu pronuntia dă inaintea cuvintelor care incep cu consoana si THE cu pronuntia di inaintea cuvintelor care incep
cu vocala

Se foloseste pentru substantive la sg sau la pl atunci cand vorbim despre ceva specific

- The car in front of the house is Ted’s.

Se foloseste pentru substantive unice

- The sun is shining. (exista un singur soare)

- The Colloseum is in Rome.

In general NU se foloseste THE inainte de subst proprii (nume de persoane, orase etc).

- Emma is from London.

- Her father is from Spain.

DAR se pune THE inaintea numelor de familie (cand se vorbeste despre intreaga familie) si a nationalitatilor

- The Browns live next door.

- The Italians eat a lot of spaghetti.

PRONUME NEHOTARATE
Persone: someone, somebody (afirmativ) – anyone, anybody (interogativ) – no one, not anyone/nobody, not
anybody (negativ)

Lucruri: something – anything – nothing / not anything

Locuri: somewhere – anywhere – nowhere / not anywhere

NU se pune negatie dubla in propozite

NU: I can’t see no one here, CI I can’t see anyone here.