100. The article may be used sometimes where, in English, we use a possessive pronoun.
Examples.—Li havas doloron en la kapo = He has a pain in his (the) head. Ŝi prezentis al mi la manon = She offered me her hand. Mi malkovris la okulojn = I uncovered my eyes (see also par. [134](a)).
(a). It is also frequently used instead of a possessive pronoun in speaking of one’s own relatives,
or when there is no doubt as to the person to whom the article la refers.
Examples.—Mi amas la patron = I love my (the) father. Iru al la patrino = Go to your (the) mother. Kie estas la kuzo? = Where is your (the) cousin? La patro staras apud la filo = The father stands by (at the side of) his (the) son.
101. The article is almost always used before numeral adjectives showing the day, hour, month, etc., when these nouns are understood.
Example.—Hodiaŭ estas la dudek-sepa (tago) de Marto = To-day is the 27th of March.
(a). Its use is optional before the names of the seasons, and also before each separate noun or adjective.
Examples.—En la vintro, or, En vintro = In the winter. En la somero, or, En somero = In the summer. La arboj, la floroj kaj la kreskaĵoj de la ĝardeno (or, La arboj, floroj kaj kreskaĵoj) = The trees, (the) flowers and (the) plants of the garden.
(b). It is not generally used after ĉiuj = all, or, all the.