Articles

In the English language, the definite article is “the” (der, die, das) and the indefinite articles are “a“ or “an” (ein, eine).

Use:

The article “the” is used for stuff or other nouns which you know. You only can use the indefinite article “a“, when the word after the indefinite artcle begins with a consonant for example b. The indefinite article “an” can only be used, if the noun or adjective after the article begins with a vowel for example a or it sounds like a vowel. The indefinite article can be used for stuff or nouns which you don’t know how it looks like. You can’t use the article for names for example “God”.

Example sentence:

(in-)definite article:

Erdogan is a politician of Turkey.

karikatur er.

An hour has 60 minutes.

Definite Article:

Putin plays with Obama the game chess.

karikatur pu.ob

 

Merkel is a Dortmund-Fan, but the finance minister Schäuble is a Bayern-Fan.karikatur me.sc.

Without an article:

Life in London is very expensive. (not: The life in London is very expensive.)

 

4 thoughts on “Articles”

  2. wp_admin

    Indefite ;) the indefinite article.
    Erdogan
    It might also work if the word does not begin with a vowel but sounds as if it begins with a vowel. Do you have an example?
    Plays chess with Obama, not the other way around.

    This article is a great basis. Let’s add new aspects to it. E.g words that do not have an
    article because they are unique: Nature, God, etc.

    Good start. Maybe work with colors in your examples to show vowels and consonants to make it easier to understand for the 5th graders.

    Keep up the good work
    Mr. Bissinger

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