Definite and Indefinite Articles “We’re going to learn how to say ‘the’ and ‘a’”

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1 Definite and Indefinite Articles “We’re going to learn how to say ‘the’ and ‘a’”

2 Definitions Definite article: indicate specific persons, places, or things ex. “the boy”, “the books” Indefinite article: indicate non-specific persons, places, or things ex. “a boy”, “some books”

3 En español Articles change according to the number (singular, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine). English nouns do not have “gender”, but Spanish nouns do. - does not mean that one thing is “boyish” and another “girly”; it’s just a classification system

4 Artículos Definidos el refresco la fruta los refrescos las frutas masculine, singular feminine, singular masculine, plural feminine, plural Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine. Nouns ending in -a are usually feminine.

5 Definite Article Check heladojugogalleta papas fritas chicos el helado el jugo la galleta las papas fritas los chicos How did you know to use a certain definite article?

6 Artículos Indefinidos un refresco una fruta unos refrescos unas frutas masculine, singular feminine, singular masculine, plural feminine, plural

7 Indefinite Article Check heladojugogalleta papas fritas chicos un helado un jugo una galleta unas papas fritas unos chicos How did you know to use a certain indefinite article?

8 chica  chicas mujer  mujeres To form the plural of a noun, add -s if the noun ends with a vowel. If it ends with a consonant, add -es. Think about English: door  house  houses; mouse  mice? door  doors; house  houses; mouse  mice?