මිනිසුන්ගේ නම් වලට ඉදිරියෙන් “the” නොයොදයි.
We do not use “the” with names of people.
Her first name is Saradha (not *the Saradha)
Her full name is Saradha Gunathilaka.
ලියාපදිංචි කරන විට "The" නොයෙදී නම් ව්යාපාර නාම වල මුලට the නොයෙදේ.
If the full (registered) name of a company starts with "The", then we use "The" if we use the full name,
The Finance Ltd (ලියාපදිංචි කළ)
We do not normally use “the” with names of companies.
පහත සමාගම් සමග “the” භාවිතා නොවේ.
Sampath Bank, Nokia, Hero-Honda
Sathosa Motors, Sri Lankan, DFC Airways
නගර හා රටවල් සමග යෙදීමේදී
We do not normally use “the” with
Kandy(not *the Kandy), Colombo
countries England, Italy, Brazil
continents Asia, Europe, North America
islands Sri Lanka, Maldives
mountains Sri Pada, Piduruthalagala, Namunukula, Hunnasgiriya
වෙනසක් සිදුවන අවස්ථා
Exception!
If a country name includes “States”, “Kingdom”, “Republic” etc, we use “the”:
states : the United States, the US, the United States of America, the USA
kingdom : the United Kingdom, the UK
republic : the French Republic
We do not use “the” with “President/Doctor/Mr etc + Name”:
the president : President Mahinda (not *the President Mahinda)
the King : King Vijayabahu (not *the King Vijayabahu)
the captain : Captain Kingsly
the doctor: Doctor Nimal, Dr Seaman, Professor Samaranayaka
my uncle, your aunt Uncle Ruwan, Aunt Mala
Mr Perera (not *the Mr Perera), Mrs Perera, Miss Gunarathna
Look at these example sentences:
පහත උදාහරණ බලන්න
I wanted to speak to the doctor.
I wanted to speak to Doctor Ananda.
Who was the president before President Mahinda Rajapaksa?
We do not use “the” with “Lake/Mount + Name”:
the lake Lake Bogambara
the mount Mount Everest
Look at this example sentence:
We live beside Lake Bogambara. We have a fantastic view across the lake.
We do not normally use “the” for roads, streets, squares, parks etc:
streets etc Union Street, Teldeniya Road, Fifth Avenue
Many big, important buildings have names made of two words
(for example, Kennedy Airport).
If the first word is the name of a person or place, we do not normally use “the”:
Kennedy Airport, Alexander Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral
places : Heathrow Airport, Waterloo Station, Edinburgh Castle
states : the United States, the US, the United States of America, the USA
kingdom : the United Kingdom, the UK
republic : the French Republic
We do not use “the” with “President/Doctor/Mr etc + Name”:
the president : President Mahinda (not *the President Mahinda)
the King : King Vijayabahu (not *the King Vijayabahu)
the captain : Captain Kingsly
the doctor: Doctor Nimal, Dr Seaman, Professor Samaranayaka
my uncle, your aunt Uncle Ruwan, Aunt Mala
Mr Perera (not *the Mr Perera), Mrs Perera, Miss Gunarathna
Look at these example sentences:
පහත උදාහරණ බලන්න
I wanted to speak to the doctor.
I wanted to speak to Doctor Ananda.
Who was the president before President Mahinda Rajapaksa?
We do not use “the” with “Lake/Mount + Name”:
the lake Lake Bogambara
the mount Mount Everest
Look at this example sentence:
We live beside Lake Bogambara. We have a fantastic view across the lake.
We do not normally use “the” for roads, streets, squares, parks etc:
streets etc Union Street, Teldeniya Road, Fifth Avenue
Many big, important buildings have names made of two words
(for example, Kennedy Airport).
If the first word is the name of a person or place, we do not normally use “the”:
Kennedy Airport, Alexander Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral
places : Heathrow Airport, Waterloo Station, Edinburgh Castle
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