The Definite Article (THE)

The article "THE" has two sounds:

                     1) THE (zda) for consonant sound, b, c, d, f...

                     2)  THE (zdi) for vowel sound, a, e, i, o, u

1) THE ARTICLE "THE" (zda)

• 'THE' for the  singular form (la, el)

                             Examples:

                                        the car
                                        the boy
                                        the house
                                        the city
                                        the computer

• 'THE' for the plural form (las, los)

                                             Examples:

the cars

 the boys

     the houses

  the cities

          the computers

2) THE ARTICLE "THE" (zdi)

• 'THE' for the  singular form (la, el)

                                             Examples:

   the apple   
     the orange  
        the elephant   
      the umbrella
      the icon       

• 'THE' for the  plural form (las, los)

                                            Examples:

   the apples   

     the oranges  
         the elephants   
      the umbrellas
    the icons    

• Avoiding vowel disorder the(dza) by the(dzi) or the(dzi) by the(dza) 

Examples: 

    the actor
     the insect

the ox
    the igloo
    the oven 

Other uses of the article "THE"

a) When we talk about some countries:

        Ex.

            The USA

            The United Kingdom

            The Dominican Republic

            

b) When we talk about small islands, rivers, :

        Ex.

            The Bahamas

            The Philippines

            The Emirates

            The King's Garden

            The Amazon river

c) We use "the" in the second sentences talking about a noun.

        Ex.

            Meat can be cook quickly. I see the meat is soft.

            I have some cookies. But the cookies is salad.

            My friend has coloring rabbits. The brown rabbit is beautiful.

d) We use "the" to talk about something specific.

        Ex.

            The blue one is nice.

            The man on the corner is sad.

            The green one is my favorite.

            The teacher is in the class.

The Indefinite article (A, AN)