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strong /ðiː/ weak /ði/, /ðə/ determiner

Translation

ALREADY KNOWN used before nouns to refer to particular things or people that have already been talked about or are already known
bilinen veya hakkında konuşulan nesne ve insanları belirtmede isimlerden önce kullanılır
Can you pass the salt? I'll pick you up at the station. That's the new restaurant I told you about.
ONLY ONE used before nouns when only one of something exists
sadece bir tane olan isimlerden önce
Have you seen the Eiffel Tower? I'd love to travel round the world.1234
SINGULAR NOUN used before a singular noun to refer to all the things or people described by that noun
bir grubu niteleyen tekil bir isimde önce
The tiger has become extinct in many countries.1924
ADJECTIVE used before some adjectives to make them into nouns
bazı sıfatları isim yapmak için sıfatlardan önce getirilir
a home for the elderly relatives of the deceased
COMPARE used before each of two adjectives or adverbs to show how one thing changes depending on another
ne kadar ... o kadar ...
The longer we live here, the more we like it.
EACH used with units or measurements to mean each or every
her, her biri anlamında ölçümlerde veya birimlerde kullanılır
How many Belgian francs to the pound?
BODY used when referring to a part of the body
vücudun bir uzvundan bahsederken
He held her tightly by the arm.
TIME used before numbers which refer to dates or periods of time
tarih ve zaman dilimini belirten rakamlardan önce
the sixties Thursday the 29th of April
MUSIC used with the names of musical instruments or dances to mean the type of instrument or dance in general
belirli müzik aletleri ve dans isimlerinden önce
Can you play the violin?
(Definition of the determiner from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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