SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS NOUNS & ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS

Masculine (masculino) Feminine (feminina) In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories: _________________ or ________________ Masculine (masculino) Feminine (feminina)

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

____________ nouns name 1 of something. SINGULAR ____________ nouns name 1 of something. the girl the student the apple _____________ nouns name more than 1 of something. the girls the students the apples PLURAL

VOWEL 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. trabajador  trabajadores “S” CONSONANT “ES”

Practicamos chico  ________________ chica ________________ fruta  ________________ helado  ________________ persona  ________________ mu jer  ________________ hombre ________________ chicos chicas frutas 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 singular plural

Definite Articles: the MASCULINE FEMININE SINGULAR PLURAL EL LA LOS LAS

Practicamos 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 plural singular 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 __________ “some” CHANGE gender plural singular

Indefinite Articles: a/some MASCULINE FEMININE SINGULAR PLURAL UN UNA UNOS UNAS

Practicamos un amigo ________________ una amiga  ________________ un deporte  ________________ un sombrero  ________________ una pizza ________________ una fiesta  ________________ unos amigos unas amigas unos deportes unos sombreros unas pizzas unas fiestas

Using adjectives articles and nouns Usually adjectives follow the noun in Spanish Article + noun+ adjective ***Make sure both the article and adjective agree with the noun***

Practicamos: Write the following in Spanish the small classroom The athletic students(mixed gender) The interesting teacher (female) The hardworking girl The ugly dog The hardworking men The hardworking women A small classroom Some athletic students An interesting teacher (female) A hardworking girl An ugly dog Some hardworking men Some hardworking women