علوم قرآن و حدیث

توضیح یک اشتباه رایج در زبان انگلیسی (حرف تعریف کلماتی مانند school , jail)

اشتباه رایج

1️⃣ برای کلمات school, kindergarten, college, university, church, prison, jail وقتی از a/the/my و... استفاده می‌کنیم که به یک مورد خاص از آن‌ها اشاره کنیم.

مثال:

• She goes to a very good school.
او به یک مدرسۀ خیلی خوب می‌رود.

• Our two boys go to the same school.
دو تا پسر ما به یک مدرسه می‌روند.

• The new prison has a special security wing for dangerous criminals.

• Three prisoners escaped from a jail.

• There was a fire in the jail last night.

• She was rejected the first time she applied to the university, but when she reapplied the following year she was accepted.

• The procession moved into the church.

2️⃣ وقتی به مدرسه به عنوان یک مکان یا محل فعالیت اشاره می‌کنیم، از a/the/my و... استفاده نمی‌کنیم و عباراتی مثل leave school، go to school، start school و...بکار می‌رود (برای کلمات school, kindergarten, college, university church, prison, jail نیز همین قاعده وجود دارد).

مثال:

• Most children go to primary school at the age of five.
اکثر بچه‌ها در گنج سالگی به دبستان می‌روند.

• She spent a year in jail.
او یک سال را در زندان گذراند.

• Students often find work soon after leaving university.
دانش‌آموزان معمولاً بعد از اتمام دانشگاه زود کار پیدا می‌کنند.

• She doesn’t go to church very often these days.

• He has been released from jail.

• They deserve to be put in prison.

✍️ با توجه به توضیحات داده شده، جملات زیر اشتباه هستند:

❌ Her daughter wants to leave the school and get married.

❌ He still isn't old enough to go to a school.

شکل صحیح جملات گفته شده

✅ Her daughter wants to leave school and get married.

دختر او می‌خواهد مدرسه را ترک و ازدواج کند.

✅ He still isn't old enough to go to school.

او به اندازۀ کافی بزرگ نشده که مدرسه برود.