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NOTES

‘The’ is called definite article. We use ‘the’ when the speaker and the

audience know what they talk about.
I don’t like a tiger. [any tiger from anywhere]
I hate the tiger. [the audience knows which specific tiger]

Situations Examples

repeated nouns the town, the girl, the book
superlative degrees the saddest, the roughest, the most hand-
some
whole class the cow, the fox, the lion
ordinal numbers the first, the third, the fourth, the last

parts of the body the brain, the skull, the heart
musical instruments the maadal, the guitar, the harp

holy books the Ramayana, the Mundhum, the Bible
directions the east, the north

surnames The Khadkas, The Rais, The Chaudharies
The Rising Nepal, The Himalayan Times [not
with all newspapers] The Kantipur, The Re-
publica
inventions the mobile, the electric bulb

whole group of people the rich, the poor
parts of the house the sitting room, the kitchen

historical buildings the Taj Mahal, the Kastamandap, The Everest
Hotel
geographical places the USSR, the Czech Republic, the Maldives
deserts the Sahara desert, the Grain Plains

rivers the Mahakali River, the Koshi River
oceans and seas the Bay of Bengal, the Pacific Ocean

unique things the earth, the universe, the sun

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