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Gender and Number (don’t copy) Most of the time, not ALL the time, when a noun ends in “A” it is feminine, and when it ends in “O” it is masculine. It is important for you to know the gender of a noun when learning a foreign language, because: it is a vital part of the word, and always included with the word itself, and The adjectives that describe the noun, change with the gender.

Definite Articles English “The” Spanish “el” – masculine Spanish “la” - feminine

The two must match!

Definite Articles (copy) In Spanish, all nouns, including things are masculine or feminine. With some exceptions, nouns ending in “o” are masculine, and nouns ending in “a” are feminine. Ex: EL librO LA pizzA

Definite Articles Masculine Feminine SINGULAR el la PLURAL los las

Definite Articles La pizza (The pizza) La comida (The food) La Luna (The moon) Las niñas (The girls) Las cucharas (The spoons) El tomate (the tomato) El carro (the car) El libro (the book) Los amigos (the friends) Los gatos (the cats) Los chicos (the guys)

Definite Articles Why do you think “el”, “la”, “los”, “las” are called DEFINITE articles?

Gender and Number Nouns and pronouns in Spanish are divided into genders. Nouns for men and boys are masculine. Nouns for women and girls are feminine. Masculine: amigo, él, Juan Feminine: amiga, ella, Maria

Ejemplos El gato El chico El teléfono el médico – the doctor el oso – the bear el plato – the plate

Gender and Number Adjectives describe nouns. It has to agree with the gender: Ex: Raul es romántico Ex: Mari es romántica

Gender and Number Adjectives that end in “E” have the same masculine and feminine forms. Ex: Rafael es inteligente Ex: Carmen es inteligente

Gender and Number Adjectives ending in consonants do not add an “A”, unless they end in “OR” or are adjectives of nationality: Ex: Lorenzo es Intelectual y trabajador Ex: Gloria es Intelectual y trabajadora Ex: Sergio es Español Ex: Sara es Española

Make it “girly” _______ amigo _______ chico _______ trabajador _______ tío _______ rubio _______ perezoso _______ amable _______ fuerte _______ tonto _______ tímido

Respuestas Amiga Chica Tía Trabajadora Rubia Perezosa Amable Fuerte Tonta Tímida

Gender and Number SINGULAR PLURAL Describes one person or thing PLURAL Describes more than one person or thing. If the singular form ends in a vowel, add “S” to make it plural Ex. Jose es alto Ex. Paco y Luis son altos If it ends in a consonant, add “ES” Ex. Rosa es intelectual Ex. Mis amigos son intelectuales

Tarea de Clase ________ chico ________ niñas ________ vino Fill in the blanks with the appropriate DEFINITE ARTICLE (el, los, la las) ________ chico ________ vino ________ frutas ________ auto ________ bicicleta ________ jugo ________ señorita ________ señor ________ computadora ________ niñas ________ carro ________ casa ________ libros ________ mesas ________ profesor ________ amigo ________ amigos ________ chicas

Respuestas Las El La Los el El Las La la

Tarea de Clase ***Make it plural ______ (interesante) ______ (nuevo) ______ (hermosa) ______ (casa) ______ (pobre) ______ (viejo) ______ (trabajador) ______ (convencional) ______ (grande) ______ (azul) ______ (feliz) _______ (persona) _______ (teléfono) _______ (carro) _______ (naranja) _______ (árbol) _______ (bolígrafo) _______ (inteligente) _______ (Intelectual) _______ (hotel)

Respuestas Personas Teléfonos Carros Naranjas Árboles Bolígrafos Inteligentes Intelectuales Hoteles interesantes Nuevos Hermosas Casas Pobres Viejos Trabajadores Convencionales Grandes Azules Felices

Actividad Make a tree chart with examples of Definite Articles

Indefinite Articles Masculine Feminine SINGULAR el la PLURAL los las Remember those??? These are DEFINITE ARTICLES Masculine Feminine SINGULAR el la PLURAL los las

Indefinite Articles Masculine Feminine SINGULAR un una PLURAL unos unas Indefinite Articles are used to indicate: “a” or “some” Exemple: The cat = el gato The nachos = Los nachos A cat = un gato Some nachos= Unos nachos