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Definite Article Strong  /ðə  ði  Form ðiː   Sözcüğü

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Kind definite article
Front the 
IPA  /ðə  ; ði  strong form ðiː   / definite article
Back *The sözcüğü genellikle Türkçeye çevrilmez.
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the (definite article)

 /ðə  ; ði  strong form ðiː   / definite article
 
The sözcüğü genellikle Türkçeye çevrilmez.
 1 used for talking about a person or thing that is already known or that has already been mentioned
 I took the children to the dentist.
Çocukları dişçiye götürdüm.
 We met the man (adamla buluştuk) who bought your house.
 The milk is in the fridge.
Süt doplapta.
 2 used when there is only one of sth
 The sun (güneş) is very strong today.
 Who won the World Cup (Dünya Kupasını)?
 the government
hükümet
 3 used with numbers and dates
 This is the third (üçüncü kez) time I've seen this film.
 Friday the thirteenth
on üçüncü Cuma
 I grew up in the sixties (altmışlarda).
 4 (formal)
used with a singular noun when you are talking generally about sth
 The dolphin (yunus) is an intelligent animal.
 5 with musical instruments
 Do you play the piano?
Piyano çalar mısın?
 6 used with adjectives to name a group of people
 the French
Fransızlar
 the poor
fakirler
 7 with units of measurement, meaning ‘every’
 Our car does forty miles to the gallon (bir galonla kırk mil).
 8 the well-known or important one
 ‘My best friend at school was Tony Blair.’ ‘You mean the Tony Blair (Tony Blair'i mi)?’
The burada /ðiː  / olarak telaffuz edilir.
 9 the … the …
used for saying that the way in which two things change is connected
ne kadar… o kadar
 The more you eat, the fatter you get.
 

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