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«the» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The points to a thing you already know about or that has… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

article (definite)

meaning for a pupil

1) The points to a thing you already know about or that has been named. tree →

2) The is used when there is only one of something: the sun, the sky, the world. tree →

3) The is used before some names of groups, rivers, oceans and places: the Pacific, the USA. tree →

4) The before «more … the more» shows two things grow together: «the more you read, the better you get». tree →

5) (casual) «The» is often dropped in quick talk and texts: «bus is late», «kids are fine»; «da» or «teh» are typos or slang spellings. tree →

6) (formal) Exams pile up «the» in long phrases: «the aggregate of the quantities», «the remainder of the sum». tree →

sense in the lessons

marks things already known: the table, the board; it shows the problem is talking about the same thing as before; phrases: «the first», «the rest», «the same», «the whole», «the most»; in casual talk «the» goes missing («bus at 8:40», «nan's coming»), or sounds «th'»; in rough talk «the bloody bus»; in the exam voice «the aforementioned», «the said quantity», «the remainder»

examples

• And God called the firmament Heaven. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• These are the generations of Noah. (Torah GEN.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• These are the generations of Shem. (Torah GEN.11.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• All the kings thirty and one. (Prophets JOS.12.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• Is Saul also among the prophets?' (Prophets 1SA.10.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the days were not expired; (Prophets 1SA.18.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• On the board: cups = 1. tree →
• The apples are on the table. tree →
• How many cards does the boy have now? tree →
• The sun is a star. tree →
• She is the tallest girl in the class. tree →
• We swam in the Atlantic Ocean. tree →
• The rest of the cookies are in the jar. tree →
• The more you practise, the faster you get. tree →
• bus at 8:40, its 8:25 now, how long (no «the» in a text). tree →
• The bloody dog ate the last 2 sausages. tree →
• The aforementioned crates contain 12 bottles each. tree →
• Determine the remainder when the sum is divided by 5. tree →
• "Who's there?" asked the old lady. tree →

note

Said «thuh» before a consonant sound and «thee» before a vowel sound (the apple). Use «a/an» for something new, «the» for something known: «I saw a dog. The dog barked.» Carries no operation clue; but «the» shows a thing already counted. In texts and quick talk «the» is often missing: the meaning stays the same. «the aforementioned» and «the said» point back to things already named.

In the corpora

• IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
• And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.
• And God called the firmament Heaven.
• and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «the» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.