DETERMINERS

In Modern English grammar articles and some adjective except adjective of quality ( 1-
Adjective of Quantity , adjective of number ,Demonstrative adjective , Distributive adjective and
possessive adjective ) are called determiners . There are two types of determiners

1- Specific determiners .
2- General Determiners.

আধুননক ইংররজি গ্রামারর article এবং নকছু adjective কক ( Adjective of quantity, Adjective
of number ,Demonstrative adjective , Distributive adjective & Possessive Adjective )
determiner ব঱া হয় ।

এগু঱ দুরকরমর –

1- Specific determiner.
2- Genneral determiner.

Specific determiner / Definite Determiner :

The Determiners used to refer to same one or something in a specific way are called Specific
determiner / Definite Determiner.

কাউরক বা ককান নকছু নননদি ষ্ট ভাকব কবাঝারে কয Determiner বযবহার হয় , োরক Specific
determiner / Definite Determiner বর঱।

The boys are playing football .

I want this pen and not that pen .

These boys are dull but those boys are clever .

The woman is looking after her child .

Here in the phrase “ The boys “ the indicted that the boys are already know to the
speaker .

Similary this ; these; her etc . are used to determine the persons or object .
 Lis of Specific determiner / Definite Determiner:

The Your Our

This My Their
That His
These Her
Those its

General Determiners / Indefinite determiners :

The Determiner used to refer to sameone or something in a general or indefinite way are
called General Determiners / Indefinite determiners.

কাউরক বা ককারনা নকছু কক সাধারণ ভারব বা অনননদষ্টভারব কবাঝারে কয Determiner বযবহার

হয় ,োরক General Determiners / Indefinite determiners বর঱।

A boy is going to school .

An old Man is walking on the road .

All men must die , But most men do not think of it .

He did not eat any rice , But I ate some.

Each candidate was asked to answer the question .

List of the General Determiners / Indefinite determiners :

A Other Few No
An Another Many Several
All Each Little Enough
Any Every Much Such
Some Either More One
both neither most ect .
 Groups of Determiners

Now , we can classify the determiners into three groups.

(1) Th-type : the, this, that , these , those

(2) Possessive types : your , my ,our , his, her, their, its
(3) Number/ quantity type : a ,an, each, every, any, another, little, some, enough
etc.

Predetermines:

Some words are used before Determiners and function as a combined structure. They
are called Predetermines.

কখরনা কখরনা Determiners এর ঩ূরব নকছ

ি ু লব্দ বরস একটি Combined Structure তেরী করর।
এই লব্দগুন঱রক Predetermines বর঱।

I am not such a fool. [ a such fool হয় না ]

All the girls wore white shari. [ the all girls হয় না ]

Both the boys are equally guilty. [ উভয় বা঱ক – Both boys , উভয় বা঱নক Both the boys; the
both boys হয় না ]

What a beautiful bird it is !

Such , all , both ,what , এই লব্দগুন঱ Determiners এর ঩ূরব বযবহার

ি হরয় একটি Combined
Structure তেরী করররছ। কসিনয এগুর঱ারক Predetermines বর঱