9 RULES OF ARTICLES - A, AN, THE or 'THEE' ? - Use and pronounce correctly every time!
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- Опубліковано 6 лис 2019
- Learn English grammar articles a, and and the. Learn whether to pronounce 'the' or 'thee' and 'an' or un'. This English grammar class shows the 9 rules of articles in English. Sign up to audible for a FREE audiobook: (Amazon Affiliate) geni.us/gkEx
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I’m aware of the error - Ukraine has no article. Sorry for any offence caused - this part has been removed from the video. When I was a child I had a talking globe - you could touch it with a pen and it would say the country name. For some reason this globe used an article with Ukraine, and I learnt to say it that way. I am now fully aware that there is NO article. Lucy x
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Hello lovely students! When I originally published this video in 2019, I made a mistake. I had always learnt that Ukraine included an article, like The United Kingdom. I put it in this video, and naturally, my Ukrainian students were pretty upset, so I made the video private. I have now edited out this section of the video at 21:40, but I couldn't remove the text without removing the entire list of exceptions, so here they are:
The United Kingdom,
The United States
The Philippines,
The Czech Republic
I hope that clears up any doubts!
by the way - if you are watching within 4 hours of the edit, it might not be loaded yet and you might still see the mistake! It will be gone as soon as UA-cam processes the edit
I found your lesson quite interesting and, of course, very informative for learners. Thank you for it.
One thing that you didn't explain was the usage of 'a' and 'an' preceeding words starting with 'h'. For example, 'a hospital' and 'an hotel', which depends upon the accent, or pronunciation, of the word.
Shall be thankful for a small lesson on the same. This is mainly for the people who learn English as a second or third language.
Regards.
I. Sengupta.
Lucy, here, in Romania 🇹🇩, we were also taught this rule: The Ukraine. Thank you immensely for this fabulous lesson. ❤
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This video is amazingly helpful! Thanks to the fact that it's well presented and well made it's easier to remember all these rules!
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I'd like to thank you for teaching us English. I've watched video lessons from other teachers, but I must say you're tbe best teacher I've known so far.
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Thank you for being so clear and detailed.
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I got it! Thank you for your teaching. I was always confused with articles but now I see. Cheers.
Full of information about the article. Thanks, Lucy, you absolutely explained well.
I 'm from India upload video every day ma'm. Your voice is so clear than others who live in English Country.
Lucy, you just make difference in use and pronounce a, and & the easy to follow. Thanks
It helps a lot in teaching... brilliant
thank you very much. All was abolutely clear and easily understandable !!!
Very impressive lesson
Hi Lucy you really improving my communication skills may God bless you
Now it’s crystal clear. I have read so many grammar books, but I didn’t understand clearly about the articles. By watching this video, it changes my thought on articles which was blur. Thank you Lucy for delivering such an awesome video like this.
I would love to watch the video about words like: than, then, their, there, this, those, they, that and on.
Also “in, on, at..” The meaning of them is clear but sometimes it gets messed up in my head. Thank you.
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Let me try to help:
Then is usually a comparison of time like, “I will do this then that,” than is a comparison of object, “ I would rather do this than that!”
There and their is simple. There is a point of time or place, like, “it’s over there!”
Their is the possessive of they like, “Its their ball.”
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I'm an English teacher as well and this is where I come for inspiration when I'm preparing great lessons for my students. Thank you Lucy
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Thank you very much, amazing lesson.
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finally i understand the difference of "a", thank you Lucy 🤓
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2 - What (an) interesting lesson is this !
What an interesting lesson this is!
For the next video, would you mind to share when to use have,has and had? Thankyou ☺️
OMG you read my mind - its coming, along with has been, have been and had been :D
Have: I, you, they have each their book that has a flower on the top. I had that flower in my bridal bouquet and in the decoration in my wedding.
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I was always confused about the and thee thanks your lesson helped 😊
Omg! You r such an angel, you like reached me out when ı was looking for an “article” subject cuz having difficulty on this subject and confusing about what should i put here “a or the” situations sometimes 😂👌
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I notice that many English professional people on tv and in newspapers make these mistakes. I get so mad! So your lessons should be listened and learned to by Indigenous people from England.
You’ll be surprised. Many indigenous English speaking people do
Thank you Lucy for teaching about these 9 rules of articles. Earlier I was confusing about how to use them when speaking English. Now I know the difference Lucy
Great video. Topic well explained. Thanks a million.
Cool video, always struggled with "the" and "thee"
So glad I could help you!!!
Beware thee is also used as a 2nd person pronoun, you might hear this in places that seem rural such as Cornwall, Yorkshire and Norfolk.
@@jameshumphreys9715 Yes, it evolved from the predecesor of both "thee" and "you", "thou"
first :)
This is kind of cheat😂
Yeah! you are
That's unfair! 😂
@@mortezamozafari3956 hehehe
@@mortezamozafari3956 Not just a little! :-)
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"The" is also used with last names, when you want to mention the whole family, so you'd say:
- the Smith(s) family
- the Adams family
Or groups: the youth (young persons), the poor (poor people)
The poor
The rich
The young
The injured
The unemployed
Loved the way of your teaching skills
Thank you ,teacher
Thanks a lot! As to Ukraine, we used ‘ the’ when our country was a part of the former Soviet Union ( by the way, it was the only republic used with ‘the’). Now we don’ t use the article. Thank you for your work.
Sure in Ukrainian English :)))
It is difficult to force a name or the grammar of the name of a country in another language when that language has a name for that country and the language is not an official language of the country. Ivory Coast tried to get the English name of the country changed to the French name with French spelling and pronunciation. (Côte d'Ivoire). You won't hear many English speakers doing that.
@@jimjungle1397 Sri Lanka did it without any problem
Interesting lesson!
We also use 'the' when we refer to a specific group of people, such as 'the blind' or 'the deaf'.
By the way, when we talk about going to the hospital/school/university/prison/church we use 'the' if we go there for other purposes, for example, to work or for a visit. But if someone stays there, for instance - as a patient or as a student, we do not use 'the'. 😊
thank you!! this is a very good point! i didn't know this rule. could you please teach me how would you say in this following case; my mother is in the hospital for a treatment and i want to ask my boss for a half-holiday to visit her.
@@oioibee Hmm, maybe something like this: 'Would it be a problem if I use half a day and visit my mother in the hospital?' (but you would say 'my mother is in hospital', without 'the')
I'm not quite sure; I am just a student, after all. 😉
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@@oioibee You're welcome 😊
Useful lesson.
Thanx Teacher Lucy
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@@sohamroy6810 oh hey both belong to darkness😉😉😘😘❤
Hey angel you should say they "belong" not "belongs" cuz it's plural
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Thank you so much.
21:55 I think the Netherlands also uses a 'the'.
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We use “ an. “ with words that start with vowels ( a, e, I, o, u ).
UKRAINE
without ''the''
Allright, at 21:50 this woman with blond hair just shows a lack of knowledge about Ukraine.
@Amite It's no doubt in such fact that Lucy deserves a full respect both as the teacher and the beautiful woman, but this comment will be useful not only for English native speackers but also for Ukrainians who start discower world in this way on this channel.
@Amite Yes, I fully agree. She is perfect. UA-cam promoted me this amazing channel very recently. I hope to find enough time for watching a full set of her lessons.
The conscious ukrainian people everywhere. You are becoming very annoying.
@@pbdrus only for another "Ukrainian" people
One of your best Lucy.
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I have a small question: are you sure that we say “The Ukraine” but not “Ukraine” ?
I have looked up in several dictionaries, and all of them refer to “Ukraine”...
Hello! I'm from Ukraine and I'm an English teacher. We don't use the indefinite article "the" before the word Ukraine. The same is with Russia or Belarus. Maybe it's because Ukraine is the republic. We should use the definite article when we use such words. as "a republic, kingdom, federation". For example, the republic Belarus
thank you Lucy
Very useful information
"The Ukraine" is incorrect both grammatically and politically, says Oksana Kyzyma of the Embassy of Ukraine in London.
"Ukraine is both the conventional short and long name of the country," she says. "This name is stated in the Ukrainian Declaration of Independence and Constitution."
The use of the article relates to the time before independence in 1991, when Ukraine was a republic of the Soviet Union known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, she says. Since then, it should be merely Ukraine.
There are different versions of English in different countries (Australia, NZ, US, India and so on), so as different russan languages in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus'. For example, the name of my country in Russian Russian is Byelarussia. And nobody argue about it. You may call "Ukraine" and Englishmen can call "The Ukraine". There is no contradiction.
@@michaelpodoksenov4021 Напишу тебе на русском, чтобы было понятно. Если ты оккупант и не считаешь Украину суверенным государством, то ты используешь предлог "на" ну и в таком же контексте артикль "The". Так мы, украинцы, определяем кого оставлять НА земле, а кого зарывать В землю. Так понятно?
@@andreykravchenkodontdelete2554 Мне понятно одно: ты болен на голову, как националисты всех мастей, и читать не умеешь. На немецком Беларусь "вайсруссланд" . И пусть говорят, как хотят - это их дело и мне это фиолетово. По твоему немцы должны бить англичанам морду за то, что те их страну "Germany", а не "Deutschland" называют, а французов вешать на деревьях за их "Allemagne"? Хотят русские говорить "на Украине" - это их дело. Это норма русского языка, и никаким украинцам не следует учить русских русскому языку. Между прочим, я гражданин Беларуси. Так что за оккупанта тебе стоит извиниться.
Ирландия, Исландия, Кипр, Куба - всё острова и государства одновременно. Однако нормой является "В Ирландии", "В Исландии", но "На Кубе", "На Кипре". Скандинавия и Камчатка - полуострова, но "В Скандинавии" и "На Камчатке". Ни один придурок на Кубе не требует от русских говорить "В Кубе".
I didn't know the different pronuntations ?? They're two for every kind ??
yes
I would like to have a... no an... no no the ice cream.
Can i say an hour
Thanks very much .beautiful teacher. ♥♥♥
Lucy how could you say "I thin I'll have a coffee" and later in the video explain that 'a' can't be used with 'coffee'?
She means 'a cup of coffe' generally it can turn into 'a coffe' 😄
I make it clear that when I say 'a water' or 'a coffee' I mean 'a glass of water' and 'a cup of coffee' :)
@@EnglishwithLucy What about the word "bread", what should I say when I want to order 2 or 3 loaves of bread. Can I say " 2 breads, please" or "I would like to have a bread."
I have noticed that many UA-camrs say “thee” all the time.
"Thee" is perfectly appropriate before a word that starts with a vowel sound or to apply emphasis.
They might wanna sound emphasizing.
It's used for emphasis. You will hear it more in media
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Thanks, Lucy. You're a brilliant teacher.
"The" is used with objects that are one of a kind, like the Moon, the Earth
Hi.
Is your English is fluent?
English is my second language so I might be wrong, but I would rather say 'Earth' than 'the Earth', because it's a name. Can anyone verify if I get it right?
Earth as a proper noun, doesn't use The. The earth, not a proper noun, refers to the ground.
Hello! I'm from Ukraine and not from the Ukraine. There aren't any articles.
I agree, the "the" prefix is dated. Ukraine is not a possession of Russia or the Soviet Union anymore. It is a country in it's own right and should be treated as such.
Completely agree with you and I love her videos but this is disrespectful according to our country!
We are an independent country 28 years! And we are not in Soviet Union anymore!
Слава Украине!
@@notnoches Героям слава! And NO the for Ukraine! It simply hurts
Jesus guys, you sound like some political fanatics. Not here, please🙈 You embarrass me. I came here to make a light comment about Ukraine losing "the" because a person from the UK may not be into external politics/ doesn't follow our Ukrainian drama which is ok actually and most definitely she didn't mean to offend us. She is here for educational purposes only. Don't loose it, ok.
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Bela aula!
Good lesson
16:34 The woman with THE THE blonde hair. xD
I'm from Ukraine. We actually do not use "the" with the name of our country. Although I used to find a couple of mentions in the old textbooks of 90-s.
While we might be merely talking about that country in the past tense, soon.
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A useful video to improve my grammar and vocabulary. I knew some rules, but I was misusing some of them.
Thanks, Lucy, you're the best teacher!
You forgot the only city in Netherlands that uses the article and that is "The Hague". Cheers!
The Netherlands as a country name is also always named by the definite article.
@@DidrickNamtvedt I know thanks for updates mate ;)
I think that Lucy has not forgotten these exepttion. She did not choose them to her presentation. The task of including all exception simply cannot be done. I wish you all the best fun and efficiency in learning English with Lucy.