Definite and Indefinite Articles “We’re going to learn how to say ‘the’ and ‘a’”
Definitions Definite article: indicate specific persons, places, or things ex. “the boy”, “the books” Indefinite article: indicate non-specific persons, places, or things ex. “a boy”, “some books”
En español Articles change according to the number (singular, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine). English nouns do not have “gender”, but Spanish nouns do. - does not mean that one thing is “boyish” and another “girly”; it’s just a classification system
Artículos Definidos el refresco la fruta los refrescos las frutas masculine, singular feminine, singular masculine, plural feminine, plural Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine. Nouns ending in -a are usually feminine.
Definite Article Check heladojugogalleta papas fritas chicos el helado el jugo la galleta las papas fritas los chicos How did you know to use a certain definite article?
Artículos Indefinidos un refresco una fruta unos refrescos unas frutas masculine, singular feminine, singular masculine, plural feminine, plural
Indefinite Article Check heladojugogalleta papas fritas chicos un helado un jugo una galleta unas papas fritas unos chicos How did you know to use a certain indefinite article?
chica chicas mujer mujeres To form the plural of a noun, add -s if the noun ends with a vowel. If it ends with a consonant, add -es. Think about English: door house houses; mouse mice? door doors; house houses; mouse mice?