The Determiner-Article-a-an

1.2.c- The Determiner-Article-a-an

The Determiner

Indefinite Article (a / an):

 

 āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϕ⧋āύ⧋ (āĻ—āύāύāĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ- Singular countable) Noun āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ / āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž Indefinite Article-a / an āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: He bought a colour TV. I have a pet cat. A horse can run fast.
                                                                            a/an āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ consonant āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇  a

 a hen / a boy / a pen

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ vowel (a, e, i, o, u) āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇  an

an apple / an Indian / an umbrella

āĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ

h (āĻš)  āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇  an

an hour / an honest man (āϤāĻŦ⧇ a horse / a hotel)

One āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž O āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁- āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ an

an ox / an opera / an orange (āϤāĻŦ⧇  a one-eyed man)

E/ U -āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ’āχāω’ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇- a

a European / a uniform (āϤāĻŦ⧇  an umbrella )

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ Consonant sound āĻšāϞ⧇ a

a B.A/B.A.G/B.Sc.

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ Vowel sound āĻšāϞ⧇ an

an M.A/MP/MBA / FRCS/FCPS

a/an--āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ

āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ a/an

He was a Shakespeare. / You are a Nazrul I see.

Unknown person -āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇  a/an

An Ibrahim came here. A Hassan came to see me.

Many / such---(Singular common noun) a/an āĻŦāϏ⧇

Many a boy came here./ He likes such a good boy.

āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ (couple, dozen, hundred- āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ a/an

a million of people attended the meeting

āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ Phrase-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇  a/an

in a hurry /in a nutshell /in a body /in a fix/ in a temper / take a decision / only a few / only a little/ tell a lie/ make a noise etc

cough, headache, cold, rage, interest-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ a/an

I have a cough / I had a cold last week.

āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇  a/an

He is a businessman / Mr. Kamal was a lawyer

‘most’ āϝāĻ–āύ ‘very’ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ the-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ a

He saw a most wonderful sight