* the(定冠詞):the house指一幢明確具體的房子(例:「the house I was born in」)
* a/an(不定冠詞):a house只是簡單指一幢房子(例:「A house is a building for living in.」)
* 單數:the house指一幢房子
* 複數:the houses指一幢以上房子
"a"; is used before noun, and it is only of singular uses, to talk about ONE, specific thing.
e.g. a pen, a bag, a rubber (one pen, one bag, one rubber)
*"a" is NEVER used for plural objects. it is only used before singular consanents.
Similar to "a";, "an" is also used for singular objects. but be beaware, "an" can only be used with vowels (a, e, i, o, u).
"the" is used when a writer wants to point to a specific, special thing. For example, the Sun, the Earth. We all know there is only ONE sun, ONE earth, so the word "the" is used. have you ever heard people saying "I see a sun?" >_< ~ =)
In conclusion:
"a"; is used to point out singular consanants (alphabets other than a, e, i, o, u)
"an" is used to point out singular vowels
"the" is used to point out specific, special noun; fact that everyone know. that noun after "the" if usually capitalized.
a 同 an 用法是一樣的
只是遇到a, e, i , o ,u 這幾個英文字組成的名詞,不能用a只能用an
好像 give you "an" example .... "an" aeroplane
the 呢,就是指明某一樣東西,是讀者跟你都共同知道指的是什麼
this is "the" shopping mall that I always visit.
(講這句的時候,可能是你跟朋友一起經過這個商場,所以用THE,你跟朋友都知道指的是特定的這個商場)