Definite & Indefinite Articles

Noun Gender In español, all nouns have either a masculine or feminine gender. Masculine nouns mostly end in the letter –o Feminine nouns mostly end in the letter –a PLEASE NOTE: Sometimes nouns have gender irregularity; there is no way to know when this will happen!

Nouns ending in CONSONANTS Making Nouns Plural Nouns ending in VOWELS Nouns ending in CONSONANTS Add –s to make plural Estudiante  estudiantes Pizza  pizzas Add –es to make a noun plural fenomenal fenomenales animal  animales

Gender/Adjective Practice Write the correct subject/adjective agreement for each sentence. Example: Ana María es graciosa. Eva y Clara son (activo) . Ana es (trabajador) . Steve y Rosita son (inteligente) . Luis y Richard son (seria) . Perla y Sandra son (pelirrojo) . activas trabajadora inteligentes serios pelirrojas

Definite Articles NOUN Masculine Feminine SINGULAR El libro La mesa Used to say the with a noun when we want to point it out Use with gustar to talk about a noun as a general category NOUN Masculine Feminine SINGULAR El libro La mesa PLURAL Los libros Las mesas

Definite Articles Practice Write the correct definite article for each noun. campanas armario mesa perra fotos león Las El La Make sure to pay attention to the noun endings!! La Las El

Indefinite Articles NOUN Masculine Feminine SINGULAR Un = a/an Used to say a, an & some with a noun As with definite articles, indefinite articles MUST agree in number and gender!! NOUN Masculine Feminine SINGULAR Un = a/an Una = a/an PLURAL Unos = some Unas = some

Indefinite Articles Practice Fill in the correct indefinite article for each sentence. Necesito campanas. Necesito revista. Necesito artículo. Necesito fotos. unas una un unas

Articles Practice Which article – the definite or indefinite – would you use in each of the situations? You’re in español and forgot your pencil. You ask your teacher for a pencil: Necesito lapiz. You see a certain pair of bright red pants in the store window and fall in love with them. You tell the salesperson: Quiero pantalones rojos. Your little brother takes the last apple, which you were about to eat. You tell him: ¡Dame manzana! You decide to have fries with your lunch. You tell the cashier at Wendy’s: papas fritas, por favor. un los la Unas

Soy un muchacho guapo. Me gusta el futból. Articles Breakdown Singular and masculine = el or un El helado Un muchacho Soy un muchacho guapo. Me gusta el futból.

Soy una muchacha. Me gusta la música. Articles Breakdown Singular and feminine = la or una la música una muchacha Soy una muchacha. Me gusta la música.

Somos unos muchachos comicos. Nos gustan los animales. Articles Breakdown Plural and masculine = los or unos los deportes Unos muchachos Somos unos muchachos comicos. Nos gustan los animales.

Somos unas muchachas. Nos gustan las frutas. Articles Breakdown Plural and feminine = las or unas las frutas unas muchachas Somos unas muchachas. Nos gustan las frutas.

Exceptions When a feminine and singular noun begins with a stressed á, a, or ha, the masculine definite article is used instead, to aide in pronunciation. When the same noun is plural, the regular feminine article is used.

Exceptions When a feminine and singular noun begins with a stressed á, a, or ha, the masculine indefinite article is used instead to aide in pronunciation. When the same noun is plural, the feminine article is used.