Katya
A question about articles
Hello folks! I have a bit weird question. Imagine a situation - I have a chair, but I want to replace it with a couch, for example. While I'm replacing it, I want to say a phrase: "Goodbye chair. Hello couch." Do I need to say any articles before these nouns in the phrase? For example, "Goodbye the chair. Hello the couch". My intuition says that I don't need to use any articles in this case, but I want to be sure about it.
2016年4月25日 15:30
解答 · 8
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Your instinct is correct. When we address people (or things!) we use names.
We don't have a vocative case in English - or any real cases for that matter - but if we did have a vocative case, this would be it. Just as you might make a name out of 'dog' and say 'Hello, dog' to a dog you see in the park, you'd say "Goodbye chair. Hello couch" to your furniture. It's fine.
Don't spend too much time talking to inanimate objects, though. It probably isn't healthy. :)
2016年4月25日
3
No you don't need to use the definite article. However, you are probably not going to get a response.
2016年4月25日
1
I think you don't need to use the article
2016年4月25日
Drake, yeah, I know. It's a hypothetical situation. :) Don't worry, I don't talk to my furniture. :)
2016年4月25日
You don't even have to talk.
2016年4月25日
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