nouns & articles (definite & indefinite) sustantivos y artÍculos definitivos e indefinidos
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NOUNS & ARTICLES
(DEFINITE & INDEFINITE)
SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS
DEFINITIVOS E INDEFINIDOS
In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories:
_______________ or ________________
Masculine Masculine (masculino)(masculino)
Feminine (femenina)
-MasculineMasculine nouns USUALLY end in -_____
-- Feminine nouns USUALLY end in -___
O
A
el sombrerel sombreroo
la fruta
• ____________ nouns name 1 of something.– the girl– the student– the apple
• _____________ nouns name more than 1 of something.– the girls– the students– the apples
SINGULAR
PLURAL
If a noun ends in a _________ (a,e,i,o,u) ADD _____ to make it plural.
• chico chicos
If a singular noun ends in a _______________ (r,l,n..) ADD _____ to make it plural.
• profesor profesores
VOWEL
CONSONANT
“S”
“ES”
A practicarchico ________________chica ________________escuela ________________alumno ________________persona ________________Profesor ________________clase ________________
chicos
chicas
escuelas
alumnos
personas
profesores
clases
Definite Articles•When we want to say _______ in
Spanish, we use Definite Articles.•Definite Articles ______________
according to the ___________ of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ or __________
“the”
CHANGEgender
singularplural
MASCULINE FEMININE
SINGULAR
PLURAL
Definite Articles: the
EL
LOS
LA
LAS
A practicar
la alumna ________________el amigo ________________la semana ________________el estudiante ________________la estudiante ________________la escuela ________________
las alumnas
los amigos
las semanas
los estudiantes
las escuelas
las estudiantes
Indefinite Articles•When we want to say ____, ____,
or________ in Spanish, we use Indefinite Articles.
• Indefinite Articles also ______________ according to the ___________ of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ or __________
CHANGEgender
singularplural
“a” “an”“some”
MASCULINE FEMININE
SINGULAR
PLURAL
Indefinite Articles: a/some
UN
UNOS
UNA
UNAS
A practicarun amigo ________________una amiga ________________un colegio ________________un sombrero ________________una pizza ________________una fiesta ________________
unos amigos
unas amigas
unos colegios
unos sombreros
unas pizzas
unas fiestas
LETS REVIEW
Apuntes: plurales
The Rule: If it ends with a vowel, add “s”. If it ends with a consonant, add “es”.
Another rule:If a noun ends in a -z, change the z to c before adding -es.•El lápiz, Los lápices•El pez, Los peces•Una vez, Muchas veces
Sometimes, we’ll have to add or drop accent marks. We’ll cover that when we learn the main rules of pronunciation. El camión, Los camionesEl examen, Los exámenes
The same rule applies to any adjectives you have to pluralize with the noun. Las clases fácilesLos profesores locos
Articles:El Los Un UnosLa Las Una Unas
Exceptions:The exceptions generally come from words that were adopted from other languages and you’ll find them easy to recognize. Los jeans. Los robots.
You will be tested on this (: