- pronunciation:
- th
weak form
[or]
thi
strong form
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
definite article |
| definition: |
"The" is a word we often use before other words like "chair," "library," "dog," and "girl"--words for things, places, or people. We use "the" before words like these when everyone knows which thing or person we are talking about. If we say to a friend, "I lost the key," the friend knows which key you mean out of all the keys in the world.
My mom gets mad when we leave the refrigerator door open at our house.Last night the moon was full, and it was so bright! |
The words
the1 and
thee can sound alike, but they have different meanings.