a (indefinite
article)
/ə ; strong form eɪ / (also an /ən ; strong form æn / ) indefinite
article
Ünlülerden önce an
şekli kullanılır.
1 one
bir
A
cup of coffee, please.
We've
got an apple, a banana and two oranges.
2 used when you talk about one example of
sth for the first time
bir
I
saw a dog chasing a cat this morning. The cat climbed up a tree.
Have
you got a dictionary?
3 used for saying what kind of person or
thing sb/sth is
He's
a doctor.
O doktordur.
She's
a Muslim.
O Müslümandır.
You
are a clever boy.
Sen zeki bir çocuksun.
‘Is
that an eagle?’ ‘No, it's a falcon.’
‘Kartal mı o?’ ‘Hayır, şahin.’
4 (used when you are talking about a
typical example of sth) any; every
(genelleme yaparken) bir
An
elephant can live for up to eighty years.
Çoğul yapı da aynı
anlamda kullanılabilir:
Elephants can live for up to eighty years.
5 (used with prices, rates, measurements)
each
-de
I
usually drink two litres of water a day (günde
iki litre su).
twice
a week
haftada iki kez
He
was travelling at about 80 miles an hour (saatte
80 mil).
SYNONYM PER
6 used with some expressions of quantity
a
lot of (çok miktarda) money
a
few (birkaç) cars
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