Definite and Indefinite Articles

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1 Definite and Indefinite Articles

2 Articles *In Spanish, all articles must match the noun’s GENDER and NUMBER *Remember what a noun is? *A person, place, or thing!

3 Articles and Adjectives
*Examples of nouns in English: woman Tucson cactus

4 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)

5 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”

6 Articles and Adjectives
¿Preguntas? Are the following words masculine or feminine? masculine feminine libro maestra burrito masculine

7 Definite Articles Definite articles are used with nouns to indicate SPECIFIC persons, places, and things

8 Definite Articles *There is only one definite article in English: THE

9 Definite Articles *In Spanish, there are FOUR! *This is because in Spanish, articles must match GENDER and NUMBER

10 El Los La Las Definite Articles
*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. Can anyone guess what the four different ways to say “the” are? El Los La Las

11 los chicos el chico los chicos las chicas el chico el chico la chica
Definite Articles los chicos el chico los chicos las chicas el chico el chico la chica The boy The boys The girl The girls

12 ¡Práctica! La ____ música

13 ¡Práctica! El ____ banco

14 ¡Práctica! El ____ teatro

15 ¡Práctica! Las ____ plazas

16 ¡Práctica! Los ____ bolígrafos

17 ¡Práctica! Las ____ plumas

18 Indefinite Articles *Indefinite articles are used with nouns to indicate NONSPECIFIC persons, places, or things

19 a and an *There are two indefinite articles in English:

20 un unos una unas *In Spanish, there are FOUR: Indefinite Articles a/an
some

21 un chico unos chicos una chica unas chicas A boy Some boys A girl
Indefinite Articles un chico unos chicos A boy Some boys una chica unas chicas A girl Some girls

22 ¡Práctica! unas _______ manzanas

23 ¡Práctica! un _______ maestro

24 ¡Práctica! unos _______ tacos

25 ¡Práctica! una _______ amiga

26 ¡Práctica! unas _______ personas