Spanish NOUNS & ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS

NOUNS Nouns refer to people, animals, places, abstractions and things.

Masculine (masculino) Feminine (feminina) In Spanish, EVERY noun has a gender. They belong to 2 gender categories: _________________ or ________________ Masculine (masculino) Feminine (feminina)

Masculine nouns USUALLY end in -___ el helado - Feminine nouns USUALLY end in -___. la fruta

Other Spanish Nouns Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant. For example: el cine el marcador la clase la televisión - Some can be both masculine and feminine: - (el/la) estudiante

Masculine / Feminine Exceptions: el día -el problema el idioma -el drama el poema -el mapa el clima

____________ nouns name 1 of “something.” SINGULAR ____________ nouns name 1 of “something.” the girl -la muchacha the student -el estudiante the apple -la manzana _____________ nouns name more than 1 of “something.” the girls -las muchahas the students -los estudiantes the apples -las manzanas PLURAL

Making Nouns Plural VOWEL If a noun ends in a _________ (a,e,i,o,u) ADD _____ to make it plural. chico  chicos silla  sillas If a singular noun ends in a _______________ (b,l,t…)  ADD _____ to make it plural. trabajador  trabajadores cartel  carteles VOWEL “-s” CONSONANT “-es”

Making Nouns Plural Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural. El lápiz los lápices

A practicar chico  ________________ chica ________________ día  ________________ helado  ________________ persona  ________________ mu jer  ________________ hombre ________________ chicos chicas días helados personas mujeres hombres

Definite Articles “the” 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 __________ CHANGE gender plural singular

Definite Articles: “the” Gender and Number SINGULAR PLURAL MASCULINE FEMININE El Los La Las

A practicar la galleta ________________ el refresco  ________________ el estudiante ________________ la estudiante ________________ la pizza ________________ las galletas los refrescos los estudiantes las estudiantes las pizzas

Indefinite Articles “a” “an” “some” CHANGE gender singular plural 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 __________. “a” “an” “some” CHANGE gender singular plural

Indefinite Articles: “a/some” Gender and Number SINGULAR PLURAL MASCULINE FEMININE Un Unos Una Unas

Al practicar un amigo ________________ una amiga  ________________ un deporte  ________________ un mapa  ________________ una pizza ________________ una fiesta  ________________ unos amigos unas amigas unos deportes unos mapas unas pizzas unas fiestas

HELPFUL HINT It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article, el or la, because that will always tell you the gender and number.