All about nouns And articles. Nouns in Spanish have gender they are either  Masculine  End in the letter -o (libro, zapato)  Refer to males (hombre,

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1 All about nouns And articles

2 Nouns in Spanish have gender they are either  Masculine  End in the letter -o (libro, zapato)  Refer to males (hombre, señor)  Have “Greek” endings - ma and -pa (mapa, problema, clima, tema)  Masculine  End in the letter -o (libro, zapato)  Refer to males (hombre, señor)  Have “Greek” endings - ma and -pa (mapa, problema, clima, tema)  Feminine  End in the letter - a (casa, camisa)  Refer to females (mujer, señora, chica)  End in -ción, -sión (televisión, adición)  End in -tad, -dad (verdad, universidad, libertad)

3 As for the rest They have to be memorized

4 For example  El tigre  La clase  La pared

5 There are some irregularities  El día  El hambre (feminine word uses el)  El agua (feminine word uses el)  El águila (feminine word uses el)  La mano  El día  El hambre (feminine word uses el)  El agua (feminine word uses el)  El águila (feminine word uses el)  La mano

6 3 simple rules for making nouns plural  If it ends in a vowel, add -s (casa, casas - camisa, camisas - zapato, zapatos)  If it ends in a consonant, add - es (señor, señores - profesor, profesores)  If it ends in -z, change -z to -c then add -es (lápiz, lápices - pez, peces - luz, luces)  If it ends in a vowel, add -s (casa, casas - camisa, camisas - zapato, zapatos)  If it ends in a consonant, add - es (señor, señores - profesor, profesores)  If it ends in -z, change -z to -c then add -es (lápiz, lápices - pez, peces - luz, luces)

7 There are no irregular plurals in Spanish !!!

8 The articles are  Definite (the)  El (masc. singular)  La (fem. singular)  Los (masc. plural)  Las (fem. plural)  Definite (the)  El (masc. singular)  La (fem. singular)  Los (masc. plural)  Las (fem. plural)  Indefinite (a, an, some)  Un (masc. sing.)  Una (fem. Sing.)  Unos (masc. plural)  Unas (fem. Plural)