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Definite and Indefinite Articles
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Articles
*In Spanish, all articles must match the noun’s GENDER and NUMBER*Remember what a noun is? *A person, place, or thing!
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Articles and Adjectives
*Examples of nouns in English:
womanTucsoncactus
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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)
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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”
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Articles and Adjectives
¿Preguntas?
Are the following words masculine or feminine?
libromaestraburrito
masculine
feminine
masculine
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Definite Articles
Definite articles are used with nouns to indicate SPECIFIC persons, places, and things
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Definite Articles
*There is only one definite article in English:
THE
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Definite Articles
*In Spanish, there are FOUR!
*This is because in Spanish, articles must match GENDER and NUMBER
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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.
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Definite Articles
el chicoel chico
la chica
los chicosel chico los chicos
las chicasThe boy The boys
The girl The girls
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¡Práctica!
____ músicaLa
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¡Práctica!
____ bancoEl
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¡Práctica!
____ teatro El
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¡Práctica!
____ plazas Las
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¡Práctica!
____ bolígrafos Los
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¡Práctica!
____ plumasLas
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Indefinite Articles
*Indefinite articles are used with nouns to indicate NONSPECIFIC persons, places, or things
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Indefinite Articles
*There are two indefinite articles in English:
a and an
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Indefinite Articles
*In Spanish, there are FOUR: un
una
unos
unasa/an some
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Indefinite Articles
un chicoA boy Some boys
A girl Some girls
unos chicos
una chica unas chicas
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¡Práctica!
_______ manzanasunas
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¡Práctica!
_______ maestroun
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¡Práctica!
_______ tacosunos
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¡Práctica!
_______ amigauna
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¡Práctica!
_______ personasunas