Kontol
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- Javanese
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If a noun is used for the first time we shoud use "a". But in these examples the speaker uses "supermarket" and "shops" for the first time. Moreover we don't know about this supermarket/shops, so we should use "a supermarket and "shops", not "the supermarket" and the shops". But these examples are from Cambridge dictionary that said it, what exactly does the writer mean to say?
I'm going to go to the supermarket after work.
There is no milk. I'll buy some when I go to the shops.
I'm going to go to the supermarket after work.
There is no milk. I'll buy some when I go to the shops.