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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. artikel ...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter.

   “I’m reading the book Mary reviewed. (Compare I’m reading a book Mary reviewed.)”

2. artikel Used before a noun designating something considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.

   “No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.”

3. artikel Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.

   “No one in the whole country had seen it before.”

4. artikel Used before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.

   “A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)”

5. artikel Precedes a familiar nickname or other term of address.

   “How's the Sal today?”

6. artikel Used in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, in the manner of an analogy

   “square the circle; feel the pinch; beat around the bush; throw the baby out with the bathwater”

7. artikel When stressed, indicates that it describes something which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.

   “That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.”

8. artikel When stressed, used before the name of a famous person, to distinguish said person from a hypothetical lesser-known person with the same name.

   “"My name," he said, "is Hercule Poirot." "Not," the Commissary stammered, "not the Hercule Poirot?"”

9. artikel Used before a noun phrase beginning with superlative or comparative adjective or an ordinal number, indicating that the noun refers to a single item.

   “That was the juiciest apple pie ever.”

10. artikel Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.

    “Stern and God-fearing, the Afrikaner takes his religion seriously.”

11. artikel Used with the plural of a surname to indicate the entire family.

    “The Bushes have held political office for several decades and the Kennedys longer.”

12. artikel Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.

    “That apple pie was the best.”

13. artikel Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.

    “Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.”

14. artikel Used before a demonym ending in -ish or -ese to refer to people of a given country collectively.

    “the Irish are...; the Chinese are...; the French are...”

15. zarf With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

    “The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.”

16. zarf With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none.

    “It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.”

17. zarf Beyond all others.

    “We went the furthest under her leadership.”

18. edat For each; per.

    “valued at half a pound the bushel; paying seven dollars the year interest”

19. zamir Early Modern form of thee.

    “Feſtus ſayde with a lowde voyce: Paul / thou arte beſides thy ſilfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad.”