spanish semester exam review
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By: Lisa Natale
The Kinds of ArticlesArticles
Definite Indefinite
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
el los la las un unos una unas
A definite article is a
form of “the”.
You use definite articles when you are referring to a
specific item.
Hand me the book.
The Kinds of Definite Articles
Definite Articles
Masculine Feminine
Singular Plural Singular Plural
el los la las
An indefinite article is a form
of
“a / an”
You would use an indefinite article in the instance “Hand me a
book” – you do not have a
particular book in mind. Any old book will do.
LOS EJEMPLOS…Necisito un boligrafo.
VS.Necisito el boligrafo.
(I need a pen VS I need the pen)
The Kinds of Definite Articles
Indefinite Articles
Masculine Feminine
Singular Plural Singular Plural
un unos una unas
Be sure to learn the definite article with the noun, that way
you can be sure of the gender of the noun.
Especially if the word doesn’t
end in an or an .
LOS EJEMPLOS…El coche - the carEl examen – the testLa clase –the classLa lección – the lesson
When you have a feminine word that
begins with an “a” or a “ha” you use the
masculine singular form of the definite and indefinite articles.
The Reason:If you use “la” or “una” it blends into the first syllable of the word.
BE CAREFUL!Be sure to use to use the feminine plural
article though! Technically these nouns
are still feminine.
LOS EJEMPLOS…El agua BUT las aquasUn alma BUT unas almasEl hacha BUT los hachas
In the Spanish language
everything must match.
This means that the adjectives must match
the nouns they are modifying, and the verb ending must match up with the person doing
the action.
You must change all infinitive verb endings to the
proper nouns/pronouns.
For the strange verbs with
exceptions, you just have to
memorize the verb table.
-ar verbs
o amos
as áis
a an
-er verbs
o Emos
es éis
e en
ser
soy somos
eres sois
es son
tener
tengo tenemos
tienes tenéis
tiene tienen
ir
voy vamos
vas vais
va van
estar
estoy estamos
estás estáis
está están
llamar
me llamonos
llamamos
te llamas os llamáis
se llama se llaman
con
conmigocon
nosotros/as
contigocon
vosotros/as
con Ud., el, ella
con uds., ellos, ellas
LOS EJEMPLOS…Yo ayudar ayudo.Nosotras cocinar cocinamos.Ella leer lee. Ellos beber beben.Yo ser soy trabajadora.Tu tener tienes.
LOS EJEMPLOS…
Los boligrafos rojosUna mesa verdeLa clase de Español
Making Nouns Plural
Generalmente you just add –s to words that end in a vowel and –es to
wods that end in a consonant.
The plural definite articles los and las are used with plural nouns. The indefinite plurals articles
unos and unas are used with plural nouns as well.
Los is used with a plural noun that indicated both males and females.
Singular nouns that end in the letter z change the z to c in the plural and add –
es.
Use me gustan and me encantan to talk about a plural noun.
LOS EJEMPLOS…No me gustan las uvas
verdes pero me encantan las manzanas rojas.
Possessive Pronouns
mi nuestro/a
tu vuestro/a
su su
One way to indicate possession is to use a noun followed by de and the owner’s name
(there are no apostrophes in Spanish)
Note: de+el=del
LOS EJEMPLOS…Los libros de Javier
El lapiz de la muchachaEl perro de la familia LopezLas mesas del muchacho
¡MUY IMPORTANTE!• Nuestro agrees with the noun it modifies not the owner!• Only use su when you already mentioned the item and the
owner.
LOS EJEMPLOS…
Mi libroMis librosNuestro perroNuestra casa
GOOD
LUCK!
I hope this helps
on the exam!
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