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Definite and Indefinite Articles
Articles
*In Spanish, all articles must match the noun’s GENDER and NUMBER*Remember what a noun is? *A person, place, or thing!
Articles and Adjectives
*Examples of nouns in English:
womanTucsoncactus
Articles and Adjectives
*In Spanish, nouns are either feminine or masculine*This has nothing to do with whether the item is “girly” or “manly”*Examples: el vestido (the dress)
la persona (the person)
Articles and Adjectives
*Feminine nouns usually end in -a*Masculine nouns usually end in -o*There are exceptions, like “el agua,” which is why we learn nouns with the “el” or “la”
Articles and Adjectives
¿Preguntas?
Are the following words masculine or feminine?
libromaestraburrito
masculine
feminine
masculine
Definite Articles
Definite articles are used with nouns to indicate SPECIFIC persons, places, and things
Definite Articles
*There is only one definite article in English:
THE
Definite Articles
*In Spanish, there are FOUR!
*This is because in Spanish, articles must match GENDER and NUMBER
Definite Articles
Can anyone guess what the four different ways to say “the” are?
ElLosLaLas
*So you choose the word “the” depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine AND whether there is one or more than one of it.
Definite Articles
el chicoel chico
la chica
los chicosel chico los chicos
las chicasThe boy The boys
The girl The girls
¡Práctica!
____ músicaLa
¡Práctica!
____ bancoEl
¡Práctica!
____ teatro El
¡Práctica!
____ plazas Las
¡Práctica!
____ bolígrafos Los
¡Práctica!
____ plumasLas
Indefinite Articles
*Indefinite articles are used with nouns to indicate NONSPECIFIC persons, places, or things
Indefinite Articles
*There are two indefinite articles in English:
a and an
Indefinite Articles
*In Spanish, there are FOUR: un
una
unos
unasa/an some
Indefinite Articles
un chicoA boy Some boys
A girl Some girls
unos chicos
una chica unas chicas
¡Práctica!
_______ manzanasunas
¡Práctica!
_______ maestroun
¡Práctica!
_______ tacosunos
¡Práctica!
_______ amigauna
¡Práctica!
_______ personasunas
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