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+. WHEN DO WE USE “THE”?
+. ¿Cuándo usamos “THE”?
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In English we don't use THE for everything, as we do in Spanish.
En inglés no usamos THE para todo, como lo hacemos en español.
E.g.:
The puma = El puma
Glass = El vidrio
The owers = Las ores
When It is clear which To refer to something which
person/thing we mean, was already mentioned.
when it is unique.
We have a new car. The car is blue
Pass the llajua (pasa la llajua) (tenemos un coche nuevo. El coche es azul)
(no hay otra llajua en la mesa)
With adjectives that are used to
To refer to things/places refer to a whole group of people.
/people that are unique The Bolivians (people) are...
(the sun/ the moon / the (los bolivianos son...)
Earth / the sky / the sea /
the country)
The moon (la luna) In the phrase the same.
The sun (el sol) My mother and I have the same
The Desaguadero (el Desaguadero) eye color.
The Sun’s Island (la Isla del Sol)
The Sahara (el Sáhara)
The Andes (los Ándes)
