00:00:04one is asking about articles
00:00:05specifically the definite article the
00:00:08when we use it and when we don’t
00:00:10specifically with plural nouns thanks
00:00:13for the question
00:00:14really good one and we get asked a lot
00:00:16about articles articles are very
00:00:18confusing for students because some
00:00:20languages don’t use them and the ones
00:00:23which do don’t usually have the same
00:00:25rules as us so let’s start with the easy
00:00:28one the indefinite articles a and an
00:00:34these are easy you have a singular
00:00:37countable noun
00:00:38you put a or an in front of the noun for
00:00:41example one iPhone an iPhone a fairy why
00:00:46are you here again you’re always here
00:00:49ruining the lesson yeah no one likes you
00:00:52but yeah I suppose I mean you can count
00:00:55that one fairy two fairies really sick
00:01:00okay so one fairy is a fairy ello mate
00:01:05that’s your first rule a singular
00:01:09countable noun we use out and another
00:01:12rule for the indefinite articles at and
00:01:14an remember these are indefinite or
00:01:17nonspecific when you mention something
00:01:21for the first time in a story the
00:01:23listener doesn’t specifically know which
00:01:26object you’re talking about so we use
00:01:28that again for singular countable nouns
00:01:31for example I met a girl yesterday
00:01:34I killed a theory today late what we use
00:01:44the the definite article when we’re
00:01:46talking about a specific group of
00:01:48something or one singular noun which is
00:01:52specific and we both know which now and
00:01:54we’re talking about so for example I
00:01:57killed a fairy today both don’t know
00:02:01which fairy in the second sentence I’m
00:02:04referencing the same fairy again
00:02:07so I say I killed our fairy today
00:02:10I killed the fairy the fairy because it
00:02:14was stupid I’m not dead pretty hard
00:02:19though huh that’s blood yep I’ve lead in
00:02:28her call me an ambulance so those with
00:02:33singular countable nouns
00:02:34we’re being general we use app we’re
00:02:38being specific we use the but your
00:02:41question is about plural nouns and when
00:02:43we use and don’t use them easy you just
00:02:46have to apply that logic to plural nouns
00:02:49remember with singular nouns we were
00:02:51being general we used app where we were
00:02:53being specific that with plural nouns
00:02:57it’s the same logic when we talk about a
00:03:00specific group we use the example let’s
00:03:04see Russian people are very nice but the
00:03:08Russian people I’ve met specific group
00:03:12though Russian people I’ve met are crazy
00:03:15I’m joking Russians you’re cool another
00:03:18example babies are very annoying babies
00:03:22are very annoying so I’m being general
00:03:24when it’s a plural noun we don’t use any
00:03:26article remember a single nouns we used
00:03:29at for a general situation plural nouns
00:03:32we don’t use any articles for being
00:03:34general babies are annoying
00:03:37however the babies in my family are very
00:03:42cute I said the babies because this is a
00:03:45specific group of babies general no
00:03:49article specific group though that’s
00:03:54with plural nouns remember again with
00:03:57singular nouns general app-specific
00:04:00the plural nouns general no article
00:04:04specific though we use this one we want
00:04:07to indicate a specific group or a
00:04:09specific thing which we both understand
00:04:12another example with babies imagine
00:04:15you’re sitting on a plane and you feel
00:04:17this
00:04:20the baby behind me is very annoying I
00:04:23say that because we both understand
00:04:26which baby
00:04:27I wouldn’t say for example a baby behind
00:04:30me is annoying no I’m not being general
00:04:33and being specific there are many more
00:04:34rules with articles and I think we’ll do
00:04:36another one later explaining all of the
00:04:39rules but I hope that answers your
00:04:41question on plural nouns and when we use
00:04:43and don’t use the definite article the
00:04:47bye bye
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