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Regla n 1: Cuando hablamos de clases en general

(categoras, especies, grupos, cosas) NO ponemos the
delante del sustantivo.

Children like to play.

Cats are very flexible animals.

People are working more.

Laptops are not so expensive anymore.

Regla n 2: Cuando hablamos de periodos de tiempo como

el fin de semana, el ao, mes, o semana pasada, o
estacin de ao, etc. NO usamos the.

Last weekend I went shopping.

She didn't study last year.

I went to Austria last winter.

Regla n 3: S utilizamos the delante de un objeto,

persona, grupo, etc. que queremos diferenciar de otros.

The man who called me.

The money you gave me.

Get in the car.

Regla n 4: S utilizamos the delante de objetos,

personas, grupos, eventos, etc. que son las nicos que
existen.

The sun rises everyday.

The planets. The stars

The Civil War.