Definitionen
1.SymbolISO 639-3 language code for Chitwania Tharu.
2.ArticleUsed before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...
...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"I’m reading the book Mary reviewed. (Compare I’m reading a book Mary reviewed.); You live on Main Street, don't you? You know, you should tell the mayor the street needs cleaning.; The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.; the street that runs all the way through my hometown; A car is parked right outside my house. Since it's difficult to find a parking space, I hope the car won't be there later.; No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.; God save the Queen!; Lets go to the park ; No one in the whole country had seen it before.; I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.; Take me to the airport/station/hospital/office/park/match/meeting/et cetera.; A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”); How's the wife? (= "How is your wife?"); How's the Sal today?; square the circle; feel the pinch; beat around the bush; throw the baby out with the bathwater; That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.; That was the juiciest apple pie ever.; May the better man win.; The downy woodpecker can be found in the same environments as the hairy woodpecker.; The Bushes have held political office for several decades and the Kennedys longer."
3.ArticleThe definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...
...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"I’m reading the book Mary reviewed. (Compare I’m reading a book Mary reviewed.); You live on Main Street, don't you? You know, you should tell the mayor the street needs cleaning.; The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.; the street that runs all the way through my hometown; A car is parked right outside my house. Since it's difficult to find a parking space, I hope the car won't be there later.; No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.; God save the Queen!; Lets go to the park ; No one in the whole country had seen it before.; I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.; Take me to the airport/station/hospital/office/park/match/meeting/et cetera.; A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”); How's the wife? (= "How is your wife?"); How's the Sal today?; square the circle; feel the pinch; beat around the bush; throw the baby out with the bathwater"
4.Article...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"I’m reading the book Mary reviewed. (Compare I’m reading a book Mary reviewed.); You live on Main Street, don't you? You know, you should tell the mayor the street needs cleaning.; The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.; the street that runs all the way through my hometown; A car is parked right outside my house. Since it's difficult to find a parking space, I hope the car won't be there later."
5.Article...because it is presumed to be definitely known in context or from shared knowledge.
Used before a noun designating something considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time."No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.; God save the Queen!; Lets go to the park ; No one in the whole country had seen it before.; I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.; Take me to the airport/station/hospital/office/park/match/meeting/et cetera.; A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”); How's the wife? (= "How is your wife?"); How's the Sal today?; square the circle; feel the pinch; beat around the bush; throw the baby out with the bathwater"
6.ArticleUsed before a noun designating something considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time."No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.; God save the Queen!; Lets go to the park "
7.ArticleUsed to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar."No one in the whole country had seen it before.; I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.; Take me to the airport/station/hospital/office/park/match/meeting/et cetera."
8.ArticleUsed before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun."A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”); How's the wife? (= "How is your wife?")"
9.ArticlePrecedes a familiar nickname or other term of address."How's the Sal today?"
10.ArticleUsed in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, in the manner of an analogy"square the circle; feel the pinch; beat around the bush; throw the baby out with the bathwater"
11.ArticleWhen stressed, indicates that it describes something which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention."That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery."
12.ArticleWhen stressed, used before the name of a famous person, to distinguish said person from a hypothetical lesser-known person with the same name.
13.ArticleUsed before a noun phrase beginning with superlative or comparative adjective or an ordinal number, indicating that the noun refers to a single item."That was the juiciest apple pie ever.; May the better man win."
14.ArticleIntroducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class."The downy woodpecker can be found in the same environments as the hairy woodpecker."
15.ArticleUsed with the plural of a surname to indicate the entire family."The Bushes have held political office for several decades and the Kennedys longer."
16.ArticleUsed with an adjective
Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive."That apple pie was the best.; Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.; One doesn't choose the color of one's chess pieces; the white are assigned to the player who moves first.; the Irish are...; the Chinese are...; the French are..."
17.ArticleAdded to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive."That apple pie was the best."
18.ArticleUsed before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective."Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.; One doesn't choose the color of one's chess pieces; the white are assigned to the player who moves first."
19.ArticleUsed before a demonym ending in -ish or -ese to refer to people of a given country collectively."the Irish are...; the Chinese are...; the French are..."
20.Article↑ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 732-733
21.AdverbWith a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives."The hotter(,) the better. (comma usually omitted in such very short expressions); The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.; The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.; It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."
22.AdverbWith a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none."It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.; It was a difficult time, and I’m {none - not any} the wiser for it.; I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that."
23.AdverbBeyond all others."We went the furthest under her leadership.; They trusted him the most."
24.PrepositionFor each; per."valued at half a pound the bushel; paying seven dollars the year interest"
25.PronounObsolete form of thee.