A (AN), THE: how to use articles in English

People make mistakes in articles all the time. It is one of the most difficult topics in English grammar! But don't panic!
I am going to share with you some simple rules and teach you how to use articles correctly!
0:26 - Articles A/AN and THE
0:42 - Something specific if always THE
1:31 - Article A with singular countable nouns
1:51 - Talking about an object for the first and second time
2:48 - Article with unique objects
3:46 - No articles with uncountable nouns
4:10 - No articles with plural countable nouns
4:37 - Exception to the rule about uncountable nouns
5:19 - Exception to the rule about countable nouns in the plural form
6:01 - No articles with general terms
6:43 - No articles with proper nouns
7:04 - No articles with the names of countries
7:38 - No articles with the names of languages
8:00 - Articles with meals
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  • @hellojennie_english
    @hellojennie_english4 жыл бұрын

    These are the things I always get confused..... Thank you so much Marina!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ I think I should go over it like at least ten times repetitively 😂

  • @user-fb4lf6ek2b

    @user-fb4lf6ek2b

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do you like K-pop?

  • @SirajulIslam-px3vb

    @SirajulIslam-px3vb

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-fb4lf6ek2b I do. Basically I'mma ARMY 💜

  • @ayushijef3588

    @ayushijef3588

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SirajulIslam-px3vb ohh Borahae 💜

  • @ayushijef3588

    @ayushijef3588

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too I am also an army

  • @manashwinimvl

    @manashwinimvl

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice to meet you ARMY ⟬⟭💜 Greetings from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @moeandei
    @moeandei4 жыл бұрын

    I speak Burmese and there are articles in Burmese. Thanks you so much for your every single lesson in KZread. You are amazing.

  • @AussieJamie180
    @AussieJamie1804 жыл бұрын

    Use ‘an’ for nouns starting with a vowel SOUND. For example: an unicorn is incorrect because unicorn starts with a ‘y’ sound. A unicorn has an umbrella.. see the difference? I hope this helps...

  • @user-kc3fq7du8f

    @user-kc3fq7du8f

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes this help me so mach Thank you Jamie

  • @VANADISORD

    @VANADISORD

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just like "a university"

  • @bigreputation2703
    @bigreputation27034 жыл бұрын

    Am i the only one who thinks she is so natural??

  • @meriemabbou2636

    @meriemabbou2636

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @lelalomidze6246

    @lelalomidze6246

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are not alone dear😊

  • @goldenbear3033

    @goldenbear3033

    4 жыл бұрын

    That how I think

  • @pavelnunezbrito.8134

    @pavelnunezbrito.8134

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @bigreputation2703

    @bigreputation2703

    4 жыл бұрын

    @anxiety yeah her smile ..

  • @GrantCareerCoaching
    @GrantCareerCoaching4 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson as always Marina! 👍👍👍You seriously can explain English better than most native speakers. One other article tip I didn't know until last year is with a/an: it's actually not about the first letter of the word, it's about the first SOUND. If a words starts with a vowel sound, use 'an'. If it starts with a consonant sound use 'a' That's why you say 'a unit' and 'a unicorn' because even though the first letter is a vowel, the words start with a 'y' sound 'yoo' That's also why you say 'She earned an MBA'. M is a consonant but "MBA" starts with a vowel sound: 'em' 'bee' 'ay' Hopefully that makes sense! 👍👍

  • @ipadapple5996

    @ipadapple5996

    4 жыл бұрын

    American English With Grant .in the same way an hour not a hour....because in this situation H pronounce AA🤔🤔right??if I am wrong than correct my mistake.😳

  • @GrantCareerCoaching

    @GrantCareerCoaching

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ipadapple5996 Exactly. 'hour' starts with a vowel sound. That's why 'an' is correct 👍👍👍

  • @michaeldowseza

    @michaeldowseza

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@GrantCareerCoaching I think you meant to say 'an' is correct for 'an hour'. 👍🏻

  • @GrantCareerCoaching

    @GrantCareerCoaching

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaeldowseza Hah yeah that was a typo, thanks for the heads up 👍

  • @reallyquerdey6156

    @reallyquerdey6156

    3 жыл бұрын

    Marina's up to walk us through the grammar stuff cuz she learned English from scratch which gave her the ability of explaining/breaking down grammar n all sorts of things. Natives're not up to do the same thing cuz diving into the grammar aspects of English's never corssed their mind.They got born in an English Speaking country so they're up to carry a conversation,without scratching their hands on bunch of rules .In case a person got born in Russia this pers is gonna speak,brag bout stuff in Russian without getting back to the topic of grammar or questioning, "It's cool to spell use this word instead of that one ma teacher taught me."

  • @starnancy6173
    @starnancy61734 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations for the GOLD PLAY BUTTON Marina!!

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Brazil, the language is Portuguese, and there's article! Great video!

  • @jerrycruise5703
    @jerrycruise57034 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Marina after watching this video I am feeling confident in using article.

  • @ecs4422
    @ecs44224 жыл бұрын

    Marina I'm from Brazil, and yes we have articles in Portuguese I love your channel

  • @MankulHeer-vq5ud
    @MankulHeer-vq5ud Жыл бұрын

    I love your videos . They are so informative. I find it very useful for writing task of IELTS as I always score .5 less than required. I’m so grateful that I found your channel . Thank you very much for helping me out .

  • @marioalbertojimenezsanjurj3183
    @marioalbertojimenezsanjurj31834 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Marina!!!!! We speak Spanish here in México and articles are almost the same topic than in English. So I can say that your explanation is complete, clear and great!!!! Congrats!!!!! Saludoos!!!!!

  • @abdiazizabdiweli9814
    @abdiazizabdiweli98142 жыл бұрын

    You're so smart. You know how to teach people something.

  • @anitasurujbally9216
    @anitasurujbally92164 жыл бұрын

    This video was so helpful!!! Ive been speaking English for so long and that's the first time I actually started to understand where those articles have to be used :) Thank you! 😝

  • @user-lf2lj9ox6i
    @user-lf2lj9ox6i4 жыл бұрын

    You're the best teacher I've ever had

  • @aishwaryatiwari4199
    @aishwaryatiwari41994 жыл бұрын

    I'm Indian and my native language is Hindi but your videos are very helpful for learning English

  • @ademyildizlanguages
    @ademyildizlanguages4 жыл бұрын

    Marina I'm really thrilled to see this lesson. Because Articles have been my big problem to learn English (how to use them, where to use them) but now I'm having a good understanding with you. This lesson is absolutely necessary for me to learn them. I'll rewatch it in free time again and yeah this comment is the result of your effort. Kstati vi sprasili nam v video kakoy nash radnoy yazık nu eta Turetskiy i ya cam uchu Russkiy yazık doma :) Ya blagadoryu vam i ne parsya !

  • @SonuYadav-db6zg

    @SonuYadav-db6zg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hiii

  • @jonathankande2938
    @jonathankande2938Ай бұрын

    I’m really happy to learn about the articles and all what you mentioned was so beneficial to me personally I am no confused

  • @deasax
    @deasax4 жыл бұрын

    omg it's the thing i tried to find out, thank you so much

  • @hpknowledge8582
    @hpknowledge85824 жыл бұрын

    Although articles are super confusing but you have simplified these articles in your video and explained everything very clearly.. i am from India and i loved all of your videos. you are super amazing. i always keep learning from your videos. my heartiest congratulations to you .

  • @EasyEnglishwithMatt
    @EasyEnglishwithMatt4 жыл бұрын

    Pretty useful video. Everyone, learning english is usually confused about these articles. I would also suggest to watch a lot of videos in english, movies and tv shows, that will help you to know where to put those articles on your subconscious level without actually knowing rules. :)

  • @goldenbear3033
    @goldenbear30334 жыл бұрын

    Marina you are so helpful, please make a video of how to manage our time

  • @Sergey-ov8gz
    @Sergey-ov8gz4 жыл бұрын

    I can’t get used to articles,I’m so confused whenever I speak English in real life,but your video helped me,thank you!

  • @HashMLSpace
    @HashMLSpace4 жыл бұрын

    i just started watching your videos.those are very very interesting...now i am commenting and practising english.

  • @kishangohil479
    @kishangohil4794 жыл бұрын

    I know certain things before, but after watching this video I can use use this articles in proper manner. Thanks for creating this video!

  • @mitchyixx
    @mitchyixx3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Marina, been watching your videos since lastyr. I've learned a lot. Since I'm an English Language student. ❤❤❤

  • @ayadsabah3720
    @ayadsabah37208 ай бұрын

    thank you , i cnfused this subject , but after your short lecture , i dont have a problem

  • @jesusantonio3104
    @jesusantonio31044 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are awesome and I learned a lot from them. Thank you for your help.

  • @TheMrJoshua
    @TheMrJoshua4 жыл бұрын

    I speak Persian/Farsi. Thanks for the video. It was helpful.

  • @themreisol.awungshi3788
    @themreisol.awungshi37884 жыл бұрын

    unequivocal explanation, So also Your smile always lit up my heart! Thank you😊❤

  • @FadliBKL
    @FadliBKL2 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Soo useful, and you mentioned it cristal clear 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

  • @iiiiikgeeeeun
    @iiiiikgeeeeun4 жыл бұрын

    저는 한국인 구독자인데요~~~ 항상 유용하고 재밌게 보면서 구독하고 있어여ㅋㅋ 감사합니다🤭

  • @haruka_niki

    @haruka_niki

    2 жыл бұрын

    안녕하세요! 저는 하윤입니다, 스리랑카에서 왔어요..🇱🇰 그리고 전 한국에 오고싶어서 한국어를 공부하는데 한국친구 하나도 없어요 ㅠㅠ... can we be friends?? :))

  • @cristoballopez4460
    @cristoballopez44604 жыл бұрын

    Omg the way that you teach is simple and effective. And also your eyebrows are pretty 😍.

  • @MargoBelyaeva
    @MargoBelyaeva4 жыл бұрын

    I'm so confused every time when I need to use articles :( Thanks for your video!

  • @annygarcia3442
    @annygarcia34423 жыл бұрын

    I speak brazillian and i loved your video, thank u so much!

  • @somaiyashahrinoishy5981
    @somaiyashahrinoishy59814 жыл бұрын

    I speak Bangla. 🇧🇩 I've learnt many things from your video. Really,, they are so useful. You're doing a great job. Keep it up... All the best wishes for you.... 😊

  • @hemanthadesilva527
    @hemanthadesilva5272 жыл бұрын

    Superb, Marina! Fantastic job 👌!

  • @stephend.sinate8743
    @stephend.sinate87434 жыл бұрын

    Can you make a video on tense? All your videos are helpful to me.

  • @user-ot5mw2ho7r
    @user-ot5mw2ho7r4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

  • @remyfernandes7765
    @remyfernandes77652 жыл бұрын

    Super informative, Ma'am; thank you so much for this!🙏

  • @jeniferflarens
    @jeniferflarens3 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou for giving such a wonderful explanation. Could u please upload the video of how to use all grammar rules in particular paragraph.

  • @aprendainglesozinho
    @aprendainglesozinho4 жыл бұрын

    Regra fácil, porém muitos não sabem.

  • @gutinhoverri1243

    @gutinhoverri1243

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fácil? Fala isso n, tô quebrando a cara nesse negócio

  • @Kazi-Sanaul

    @Kazi-Sanaul

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bhai Ragra samosa yaha nhi milta

  • @rokayabouchehab9950
    @rokayabouchehab99504 жыл бұрын

    Hey Marina ,thank you for every I really learned a lot of thing Thank you again❤

  • @MrsDanceBella
    @MrsDanceBella4 жыл бұрын

    You are the perfekt channel for me, i m actually russian, but live in germany, and really wanna learn english

  • @naeema1025
    @naeema10252 жыл бұрын

    The vedio of marina which is about articles is really captivating so everyone can learn English easily 🥀

  • @josemontoya24
    @josemontoya244 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Marina this is so useful, God bless you.

  • @marsimusaonit4503
    @marsimusaonit45032 жыл бұрын

    No confusion, thanks for clarification!

  • @agnessapurba1810
    @agnessapurba18104 жыл бұрын

    great video marina, i love it. Thank you

  • @svetlanapotemkina3879
    @svetlanapotemkina38794 жыл бұрын

    Какая ты молодец, Марина! Удачи!!!

  • @user-sz8fg9cx1l
    @user-sz8fg9cx1l10 ай бұрын

    The article was a difficult topic for me, but she helped me to understand.

  • @ekaterinaS2409
    @ekaterinaS24094 жыл бұрын

    My native language's Russian. I always had problems w articles at school. I have such problems now. I'll rewatch this video over and over again. Tysm for your work, for your videos. Love u sm. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @joanne8385
    @joanne83852 жыл бұрын

    hi marina, I'm from Indonesia, one of asian country. I really love to watch your video. it's help me so much to learn english

  • @saya6378
    @saya63784 жыл бұрын

    Thank u so much Marina u always be the best teacher for me

  • @cfam7436
    @cfam74365 ай бұрын

    Very explained. Thank you very much💖

  • @milana4175
    @milana41754 жыл бұрын

    Решила смотреть больше твой английский канал, чтобы слышать больше английского! :))

  • @user-by4gp2wj8l
    @user-by4gp2wj8l4 жыл бұрын

    Really so informative topic,i will look for some information about this topic and your video helps me👍

  • @kavyaram3788
    @kavyaram37883 жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness! This is the second comment because I love the video. I love the content.

  • @konohtoo5043
    @konohtoo50434 жыл бұрын

    Great to show us all I enjoy it

  • @khaledhelal4635
    @khaledhelal46358 ай бұрын

    Hi , Marina. You are a good teacher

  • @proudindian6861
    @proudindian68613 жыл бұрын

    This was *the*best vdo on this topic:)

  • @FluencyAccentCoach
    @FluencyAccentCoach4 жыл бұрын

    Nice one Marina... Job well done.👍👍👍

  • @walkerpaulp6526
    @walkerpaulp65264 жыл бұрын

    I'm always confused with this damn three articles and you're clarified that vagueness, Russian beautiful

  • @SonuYadav-db6zg

    @SonuYadav-db6zg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hiii

  • @evdokiyaelagina6495
    @evdokiyaelagina64954 жыл бұрын

    Very useful video!!! Thank you!

  • @proudindian6861
    @proudindian68613 жыл бұрын

    *I speak in Marathi ( An Indian language)& there are no articles in my language...*

  • @silvesterpascaliaindah4261
    @silvesterpascaliaindah42614 жыл бұрын

    Thank you marina for your explanation. :)

  • @ann_lankovich
    @ann_lankovich4 жыл бұрын

    Very useful! Thank u, Marina !)

  • @alisafloralis
    @alisafloralis3 жыл бұрын

    this is a very useful lesson ! thanks

  • @ponkichi258
    @ponkichi2584 жыл бұрын

    Japanese has no article... I always suffer a lot from understanding article rules

  • @haruka_niki

    @haruka_niki

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey there.. can we be friends? Like we can study together I guess 😁

  • @aleksandrad7955
    @aleksandrad79554 жыл бұрын

    My native language is Serbian and we do not have articles, of course. Very useful topic with simple explanation! I had problems with that. Thank you for your help!

  • @saveyourguts584
    @saveyourguts5844 жыл бұрын

    Thanks..I was so confuse of the articles

  • @BobPenzien
    @BobPenzien4 жыл бұрын

    Good video Marina. You should do a video on "I" versus "me" versus "myself". Also "we" versus "us".

  • @georgianasofroniuc9907

    @georgianasofroniuc9907

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree with u

  • @daudulislam6982

    @daudulislam6982

    4 жыл бұрын

    I speak Bengali

  • @oscarroberto9137

    @oscarroberto9137

    3 жыл бұрын

    Easy

  • @mohit1161

    @mohit1161

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good topics. I get confused between "that vs the" searched but couldn't find any video on this.

  • @harrychahal1432

    @harrychahal1432

    2 жыл бұрын

    Look! If you know everything about your language, you will understand it easily 💯 just convert all of these into your language.

  • @khusanakramkhodjaev5583
    @khusanakramkhodjaev55834 жыл бұрын

    Самое полезное видео!!! Я всегда делал ошибки на этих тупых артиклях. Спасибо большое Марина!!!!

  • @kavikavi1534

    @kavikavi1534

    2 жыл бұрын

    Which language is this?

  • @brewmasters3707

    @brewmasters3707

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@kavikavi1534Russian

  • @rajeshrinikumbe8399
    @rajeshrinikumbe83994 жыл бұрын

    Your amazing marina..loved the way you teach.😍😘

  • @sandipmagar4494
    @sandipmagar4494 Жыл бұрын

    I am from Nepal . I love your video I am learning English watching your video.

  • @user-ts5jx2qi5y
    @user-ts5jx2qi5y11 ай бұрын

    Thank you ma'am;this helped me

  • @hometvtours
    @hometvtours3 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate your presentation

  • @user-eo1ft2ym8t
    @user-eo1ft2ym8t Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for madam, I will do my best!!

  • @isaacnunes252
    @isaacnunes2524 жыл бұрын

    Hello Marina, I'm from Brazil, in Portuguese language there are several articles, much more than English. For me it's so easy to learn about. Thank you!

  • @alexsanderdias3792

    @alexsanderdias3792

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im not sure 'bout that

  • @copbabycombo1311

    @copbabycombo1311

    9 ай бұрын

    @@alexsanderdias3792 Are you saying that because he should've placed a "the" between in and Portuguese? Yeah, he probably does have some learning to do because he looks stupid without the "the" but it's difficult so personally, I wouldn't tell him he looks stupid unless he pissed me off.

  • @thanhhuongpham9565
    @thanhhuongpham95654 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much it's really useful for me.

  • @Batool.0_o
    @Batool.0_o4 жыл бұрын

    Marina thanks !!😊😊

  • @firdazahratulf6424
    @firdazahratulf64244 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Indonesia. No article. Thank u so much for the great explanation :)

  • @soumitasarkar5170
    @soumitasarkar51704 жыл бұрын

    Hi! I am from India. And my mother tounge is BENGALI. 😊 YES in my native language article is present. U MADE NICE VIDEO.

  • @alaaaasem1885
    @alaaaasem18854 жыл бұрын

    Iam a big fan You are my favorite KZreadr ❤️❤️

  • @user-li3jy4vv6i
    @user-li3jy4vv6i3 жыл бұрын

    thank u so much for video Marina😘I'm from Kazakhstan and absolutely we don't have any articles

  • @khantkhaing6930
    @khantkhaing6930 Жыл бұрын

    This video is very useful for me Marina♥😊

  • @siemberaki9421
    @siemberaki94214 жыл бұрын

    Lingu..we love u much..u give us helpfull leasons

  • @shahiadsarker5557
    @shahiadsarker5557Ай бұрын

    I am from Italy 🇮🇹 you teach so well ❤❤

  • @lenlee4078
    @lenlee40784 жыл бұрын

    very useful, thank you!

  • @thegreatest2727
    @thegreatest27274 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your lesson!!! I am from Azerbaijan. I am 14 years old and I want to be like you!

  • @fjrfree
    @fjrfree4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this 😊

  • @novalindra7612
    @novalindra76123 жыл бұрын

    Thanks this is really helpfull

  • @eizlanfaizal9018
    @eizlanfaizal90184 жыл бұрын

    My native language is Bahasa Melayu.. But we also use English, Chinese and indian as an other option here.. If you can read/speaking english then go ahead.. We do have these three 3 language as an article, you free to read any of this article if you good in english or chinese/indian.. But i often speaking with my own language because i'm from borneo(Sabah) and i speak sabahan language as my daily conversation with my friends.. We are multiracial here in Malaysia ❤

  • @jimkudz4399
    @jimkudz43993 жыл бұрын

    This is so helpful, thank you linguamarina -Filipino

  • @vitoriaalmeid5566
    @vitoriaalmeid55664 жыл бұрын

    I speak portuguese and in portuguese languesce, has a lot of articles, and this articles changes depending on the person and gender. Congrats for the vídeo 😘💕

  • @user-pj4tz1dy2c
    @user-pj4tz1dy2c5 ай бұрын

    i realy apreatiot the way how she teache us

  • @m.tayyeb7177
    @m.tayyeb71772 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much mam 😊 this video helped me alot

  • @sahruhmirza9914
    @sahruhmirza99144 жыл бұрын

    You are so sweet and natural. Thanks you for all of the videos

  • @copbabycombo1311
    @copbabycombo13119 ай бұрын

    Wow, you're english is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY good. Especially your basically nonexistent accent. I am very amazed cuz I know how difficult it is.

  • @omranahmad6770
    @omranahmad677010 ай бұрын

    amazingg lesson thank you 😇

  • @khizerabbas1155
    @khizerabbas11552 ай бұрын

    Very informative video ❤

  • @bakibillah3657
    @bakibillah36574 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for nice episode Mam....

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