Articles & Noun- Adjective Agreement Essential Question: How do I use articles and adjectives to agree with nouns?

Agreement:  Articles and adjectives match the gender and number of the nouns they describe  Remember that every noun is either masculine or feminine!!!  Nouns ending in –o = usually masculine  Nouns ending in –a = usually feminine

Articles  Articles are a part of speech that come before nouns  Definite articles: used with nouns to indicate specific persons, places, or things (the)  Indefinite articles: used with nouns to indicate nonspecific persons, places, or things (a, an, some)

Los artículos definidos “the”  Masculino Femenino  SingularSingular  el chicolachica  theboy the girl  Plural Plural  los chicos las chicas  the boysthe girls

Los artículos indefinidos “a / an/ some”  Masculino Femenino  SingularSingular  unchicounachica  a boy agirl  Plural Plural  unos chicos unas chicas  some boyssomegirls

Práctica  Fill in the blanks with the correct article!  ____ maestra (the)  ____ libros (some)  ____ chico (a)  ____ futboleros (the)  ____ manzanas (the)  ____ hermanas (some)

BRAINSTORM!  Think back to last year & record as many adjectives you can remember!  Nota: How do you say short, tall, intelligent, young, etc.

Adjetivos - Personalidad  artístico(a) – artistic  atlético(a) – athletic  bueno(a) – good  cómico(a) – funny  desorganizado(a) – unorganized  estudioso(a) – studious  inteligente – intelligent  malo(a) – bad  organizado(a) – organized  perezoso(a) – lazy  serio(a) – serious  simpático(a) – nice  trabajador(a) – hard-working

Adjetivos – Aparencia  alto(a) – tall  bajo(a) – short  bonito(a) – pretty  grande – big, large, great  guapo(a) – good-looking  joven (pl. jovenes) – young  pelirrojo(a) – red-haired  pequeño(a) – small  viejo(a) – old  Tengo… - I have  Tiene… - He/She has…  Pelo rubio – blond hair  Pelo castaño – brown hair

Nota: In English, the adjectives usually come before the noun.  Ejemplo: The pretty woman. In Spanish, the adjectives come after the noun.  Ejemplo: La mujer bonita.

Masculine  Singular:Plural:  El chico alto- Los chicos altos  The tall boy- The tall boys

Feminine  SingularPlural  La chica alta- las chicas altas  The tall girl- the tall girls

Exceptions  Adjectives that end in –e match both genders  El maestro inteligente  La maestra inteligente

Exceptions  Many adjectives that end in a consonant match both genders  El amigo joven  La amiga joven

Pluralize!  To make an adjective plural, add –s if it ends in a vowel  Add –es if it ends in a consonant  Las chicas trabajadoras  Los chicos trabajadores

Exceptions  Some adjectives that end in a consonant add –a to form the feminine singular. (¡Lo siento! You just have to memorize them)  El chico trabajador  La chica trabajadora

Práctica Athletic : feminine/ singular Tall: masculine/ plural Intelligent: feminine /singular Intelligent: feminine/ plural Short: masculine/ plural