Question
Updated on
2 Apr 2020
- Korean
-
English (US)
Closed question
Question about English (US)
What is the difference between do you have the book? and do you have that book? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between do you have the book? and do you have that book? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Answers
When you "disagree" with an answer
The owner of it will not be notified.
Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer.
3 Apr 2020
Featured answer
- English (US) Near fluent
- Italian
both the sentences refers to a book that both listener and speaker know, the difference is that the first one is more general while the second one refers to a book that can be pointed at.
in Korean:
do you have the book? - 책 있어요? do you have that book? - 그 책 있어요?
Was this answer helpful?
Obviously wrong
Explanation is not enough
Written in a language I can't understand
Answer is not related to the question
Other reason
Read more comments
- English (US) Near fluent
- Italian
both the sentences refers to a book that both listener and speaker know, the difference is that the first one is more general while the second one refers to a book that can be pointed at.
in Korean:
do you have the book? - 책 있어요? do you have that book? - 그 책 있어요?
Was this answer helpful?
- Korean
- English (US) Near fluent
- Italian
- Korean
@tildemay thank you :) oh I have one more question! I little confused! I had known 'the' is used when something pointed at what i'm saying before. for example, 'I read a book.' 'The book is interesting.' is it different case?
- English (US) Near fluent
- Italian
the difference between "a" and "the" is the following:
a is used to indicate a general object
the is used to indicate a specific object, to say that you want to talk about something in particular
ex. 저는 책 읽어요. - i read a book (one of the tons of possible book I can read)
저는 이 책 읽어요 - i read the book (that has some more information as you told me about/I bought last week and so on)
ex. 이 책은 흥미로워요 - the book is interesting
책은 흥미로워요 - books are interesting
note: the tranlsation of 이 is "this", I translated it with "the" to emphasise the difference between the articles
Was this answer helpful?
- Korean
- English (US) Near fluent
- Italian
@June725 thank you! glad to help you out, if you need anything else, ask!
좋은 하루 되세요 ~
Was this answer helpful?
[News] Hey you! The one learning a language!
Do you know how to improve your language skills❓ All you have to do is have your writing corrected by a native speaker!
With HiNative, you can have your writing corrected by native speakers for free ✍️✨.
With HiNative, you can have your writing corrected by native speakers for free ✍️✨.
Sign up
Related questions
Similar questions
- What does "The book on someone is that..." mean? The book on Tanaka is that his fastball, whic...
- Which Sometimes I failed to return the books, because I'm lazy. sounds the most natural?
- Move the book to the first shelf from the top. Does this sound natural?
Recommended Questions
- What is the difference between The people sitting in priority seats on trains may have invisible ...
- What is the difference between count .v and matter.v ?
- What is the difference between I asked a question about you. and I asked a question of you. ?
- What is the difference between wage and salary ?
- What is the difference between refreshment and drink and beverage ?
Topic Questions
- What is the difference between He threw a ball to her and He threw a ball at her ?
- What is the difference between "grab dinner" and "have dinner" ?
- What is the difference between have to and must ?
- What is the difference between The old lady seems to be 75 years old. and The old lady looks to ...
- What is the difference between run away and get away ?
Newest Questions
- What is the difference between dimension and dimensions ?
- What is the difference between referred to and referred on ?
- What is the difference between He threw a ball to her and He threw a ball at her ?
- What is the difference between Nice to meet you and Nice meeting you ?
- What is the difference between yearn and long and crave and pine ?
Previous question/ Next question
What’s this symbol?
The Language Level symbol shows a user's proficiency in the languages they're interested in. Setting your Language Level helps other users provide you with answers that aren't too complex or too simple.
-
Beginner
Has difficulty understanding even short answers in this language.
-
Beginner-Intermediate
Can ask simple questions and can understand simple answers.
-
Intermediate
Can ask all types of general questions and can understand longer answers.
-
Advanced
Can understand long, complex answers.
Sign up for premium, and you can play other user's audio/video answers.
What are gifts?
Show your appreciation in a way that likes and stamps can't.
By sending a gift to someone, they will be more likely to answer your questions again!
If you post a question after sending a gift to someone, your question will be displayed in a special section on that person’s feed.
Tired of searching? HiNative can help you find that answer you're looking for.
Thank you! Rest assured your feedback will not be shown to other users.
Thank you very much! Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
