Инглиз тилида 26 харф бўлиб,20 таси ундош,6 таси унли

Bunday hollarda noaniq artikl o‘zbek tiliga “bir”, “allaqanday”, “qandaydir” kabi so‘zlar bilan tarjima qilinadi.

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  Ot ifodalagan predmet umumlashgan bo‘lsa:
  

A dog is an animal. A drawing man catches at a straw

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  Oy, hafta, kun, soat kabilarni anglatuvchi so‘zlar bilan ishlatilsa: (Bunday ishlatilgan noaniq artikl o‘zining tarixiy ma’nosi “bir”ni saqlab qoladi)
  

a century – bir asr, a year – bir yil,
a month – bir oy, a week – bir hafta,
a day – bir kun, an hour – bir soat,
a minute – bir minut, a moment – bir daqiqa.
There was half an hour of day light remaining.

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  few yoki little so‘zlari oldidan kelsa, bu so‘zlarning ma’nosi o‘zgaradi.
  

Few – oz, a few – biroz;
little – kam, a little – biroz, ozgina.
A little wind came off the river.

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  Otlashgan miqdorni bildiruvchi (a hundred, a thousand, a million, a billion, a dozen, a soore, a quarter, a half, a couple) kabi so‘zlar oldidan:
  

There were a couple of trunks.

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  many a birikmasida:
  

Many a book was sold during the book bazaar days.

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  Of qatnashgan predlogli birikmalarda:
  

a friend of mine. A piece of chalk. A cup of the tea.

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  Gap tinglovchiga noma’lum bir narsa haqida borsa:
  

He bought a book yesterday. There is a telephone in the room.

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