that
part of speech
pronoun, determiner (that, those); conjunction; adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) That points to a thing that was named before or that is farther away: «that box over there». tree →
2) That joins a sentence to what someone says or thinks: «I know that 2 + 2 is 4». tree →
3) That can mean «which» or «who» in a description: «the cake that Mum made». tree →
4) That can mean «so» or «very»: «It was not that hard». tree →
5) (casual) «That's it», «that's that» mean it is finished; «and all that» means and similar things. tree →
6) (rude) «that» can point at someone in a cold or rude way: «Who does that think he is?»; «that's rich» is sarcasm. tree →
7) (formal) Exams use «that which», «such that», «given that», «so that» and «in that» to join facts. tree →
sense in the lessons
a word pointing back: «I cannot do that»; «than that box»; in problems find what it points to; phrases: «that's right», «after that», «like that», «that is to say», «that's all»; in casual talk «that's it», «not that much», «that's so cool», «that lot» (UK, those people); in rough talk «that's rich, coming from you», «don't give me that»; in the exam voice «it is given that», «such that», «that is» (i.e.)
examples
- These are that Moses and Aaron. (Torah EXO.6.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- I know that he can speak well. (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- that the LORD spoke unto me saying: (Torah DEU.2.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- They die, and that without wisdom.' (Writings JOB.4.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- What knowest thou, that we know not? (Writings JOB.15.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? (Writings JOB.16.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- That box has 9 pencils. tree →
- Tom has 4 more than that. tree →
- Is that your coat on the hook? tree →
- I think that the answer is 12. tree →
- This is the book that I told you about. tree →
- Those apples are green, but these are red. tree →
- After that, we went home. tree →
- That's it, no more biscuits, you've had 4. tree →
- It's not that hard, just add 'em. tree →
- Don't give me that, you ate 3! tree →
- Find a number such that its double is 14. tree →
- It is given that the box contains 9 pencils. tree →
- That is how I lost it. tree →
note
Plural: those. «this/these» are near, «that/those» are far. Carries no operation clue; find the thing it points back to. Trap: in «more than that», the number is the one just named. «such that» in an exam gives a condition the answer must meet. «that is» or «i.e.» means «in other words».
In the corpora
- And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
- And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.
- The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «that» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.