The Determiner-Introduction

1.2.a- The Determiner-Introduction

The Determiner

āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ noun āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ noun āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Determiner āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ-    He reads a book./  I have lost the pen. / Some boys were making a noise in the class. / He will buy two shirts. /I have a few friends there.

āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ pen, noise class, shirts friends āĻāχ āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ a, the, a, two, the, a few āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāχ Determiners.

āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤāσ Determiners āĻĻ⧁āχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰāĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāσ-

a) Specific Determiner

b) General Determiner

a) Specific Determiner:- āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ Determiners āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ, āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ Specific Determiner āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ-

The boys are playing in the field. -āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ The āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ Specific Determiner

b) General Determiner:-  āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšā§‡āύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ  Determiners āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ General Determiner āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ- Some weak students were reading in the class.

 

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ Some āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ General Determiner.

Determiners āĻšāϞ ā§ĢāϟāĻŋ āϝāĻĨāĻž:

 (a) Articles: a, an, the.

 (b) Demonstrative  (āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  This, that, These, Those,

 (c) Possessive (āϰ/āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  My, his, her, your, our, its, their.

(d) Numerals (āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  Two, three, four, five, etc.

(e) Quantifiers   (āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  Some, many, much, a lot, all, few, enough, either, neither, a great deal of, a lot of, plenty of, several, a great number of.