la concordancia (agreement). 2 main categories in spanish gender number
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La Concordancia(agreement)
2 main categories in Spanish
Gender
Number
GenderRefers to:
Masculino (masculine)
Feminino (feminine)
NumberRefers to:
Singular
Plural
Masculino
• 3 rules to follow to know if a word is categorized as MASCULINO
• You need to look at the word ending…
1. …ends in -O
• libro
•escritorio
•bolígrafo
2. …ends in -OR
•actor
•borrador
•profesor
3. refers to a male being
•Padre
•Hombre
•Señor
Feminino
• 4 rules to follow to know if a word is categorized as FEMININO
• You need to look at the word ending…
1. …ends in -A
•pluma
•mesa
• regla
2. …ends: -ción or -sión
• lección
• televisión
3. …ends: -dad or -tad
•unidad
•dificultad
4. refers to a female being
•mujer
•madre
•señora
Exceptions• El problema
•El mapa
•El día
•La tarde
•La noche
•La mano
• Those are just some examples.
• There are many other exceptions.
• The best way to know which are masculine & feminine:
MEMORIZE THEM!!
Los artículosThere are 2 types of artículos:
Definidos (definite)
Indefinidos (Indefinite)
• There are 4 artículos definidos and indefinidos
• The one used is determined by Number & Gender
Los artículos definidos
laslafeminino
loselmasculino
pluralsingular
el libroNOT
la libro o los libro
Significado
• All of the artículos definidos mean:
THE
Los artículos indefinidos
unasunafeminino
unosunmasculino
pluralsingular
una plumaNOT
un pluma o unas pluma
Significado
• The artículos indefinidos have a different significado depending on the number
Singular = A / An
Plural = some