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honaikoka55
2021年7月9日

  • 日語
  • 英語 (美國)
  • 西班牙語 (西班牙)
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Let's go to the river and have a picnic. 和 Let's go to a river and have a picnic. 的差別在哪裡？如果不好說明，請提供一些例句。

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mbokenglish
2021年7月9日

  • 英語 (美國)

"Lets go to the river and have a picnic" makes sense if there is a river nearby that everyone knows about. If I live near a river and I mention "the river," everyone will know which river I am talking about.

If I don't know which river I want to go to and I just want to have a picnic next to a river, I would say "Let's go to a river and have a picnic."

Most of the time, the first sentence sounds more natural.

picononoly
2021年7月9日

  • 英語 (美國)

“the” and “a” are what’s different here.

“the” is for specific things. It’s implies that the listener knows what river you’re talking about, and you mean no other rivers. It’s a SPECIFIC river.

“a” or “an” is not specific. It implies it could be any river and you don’t necessarily have a specific one in mind

(note: “an” is used before words starting with vowels: a,e, i, o, u)

Noor_ash
2021年7月9日

  • 英語 (美國)
  • 阿拉伯語

@honaikoka55
The difference between the two sentences is with the articles.
In English there are two types of articles: definite article and indefinite articles.
The definite article is “the”, which is the only definite article in English, while there are two indefinite articles in English, which is “a” and “an”.
In the first sentence, you used the article “the” (....to THE river and...). The definite article “the” is used to define or specify something. “The river”. This means there is a specific river you want to go or you are hinting a specific river. This is why it’s called definite article, because it defines the introduced noun.
However, in the other sentence you used the article “a” (....to A river and...). The indefinite article “a” is used to just introduce the noun. There is no specifying to the noun. “The river”. This means any river, no specific one, you’d just go to any river and have a picnic I can there. This is why they’re called the indefinite articles, because they don’t define the noun, they just introduce it in a singular form.
Of course, there are other differences for those articles, but I’d be going off topic.

I hope this helps!!

sawanna
2021年7月9日

  • 葡萄牙語 (巴西)
  • 英語 (美國)

When you use "the" it sets a specific tone. It means that's not any river, it's *the* river. When you use the "a" it can be any river, not a specific one

honaikoka55
2021年7月9日

  • 日語
Thank you very much for explaining specifically. I can understand very well.
These articles always make me confused.
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honaikoka55
2021年7月9日

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@mbokenglish
Thank you very much! I always hear "Let's go to THE river/ mountains" instead of
"A river/ mountain" So, I wanted to make sure.
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honaikoka55
2021年7月9日

  • 日語
@picononoly
Thank you very much! I totally understand. I can say them depends on the situation.
That's good to know.
honaikoka55
2021年7月9日

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@Noor_ash
Thank you very much for explaining me specifically. These explanations sure help me a
lot. Articles are difficult for me.
honaikoka55
2021年7月9日

  • 日語
@sawanna
Thank you very much! Now I can understand the differences.
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Noor_ash
2021年7月10日

  • 英語 (美國)
  • 阿拉伯語

@honaikoka55 your welcome. Good luck.

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