Definite and Indefinite Articles
Articles *In Spanish, all articles must match the noun’s GENDER and NUMBER *Remember what a noun is? *A person, place, or thing!
Articles and Adjectives *Examples of nouns in English: woman Tucson cactus
Articles and Adjectives *In Spanish, nouns are either feminine or masculine *This has nothing to do with whether the item is “girly” or “manly” *Examples: el vestido (the dress) la persona (the person)
Articles and Adjectives *Feminine nouns usually end in -a *Masculine nouns usually end in -o *There are exceptions, like “el agua,” which is why we learn nouns with the “el” or “la”
Articles and Adjectives ¿Preguntas? Are the following words masculine or feminine? masculine feminine libro maestra burrito masculine
Definite Articles Definite articles are used with nouns to indicate SPECIFIC persons, places, and things
Definite Articles *There is only one definite article in English: THE
Definite Articles *In Spanish, there are FOUR! *This is because in Spanish, articles must match GENDER and NUMBER
El Los La Las Definite Articles *So you choose the word “the” depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine AND whether there is one or more than one of it. Can anyone guess what the four different ways to say “the” are? El Los La Las
los chicos el chico los chicos las chicas el chico el chico la chica Definite Articles los chicos el chico los chicos las chicas el chico el chico la chica The boy The boys The girl The girls
¡Práctica! La ____ música
¡Práctica! El ____ banco
¡Práctica! El ____ teatro
¡Práctica! Las ____ plazas
¡Práctica! Los ____ bolígrafos
¡Práctica! Las ____ plumas
Indefinite Articles *Indefinite articles are used with nouns to indicate NONSPECIFIC persons, places, or things
a and an *There are two indefinite articles in English:
un unos una unas *In Spanish, there are FOUR: Indefinite Articles a/an some
un chico unos chicos una chica unas chicas A boy Some boys A girl Indefinite Articles un chico unos chicos A boy Some boys una chica unas chicas A girl Some girls
¡Práctica! unas _______ manzanas
¡Práctica! un _______ maestro
¡Práctica! unos _______ tacos
¡Práctica! una _______ amiga
¡Práctica! unas _______ personas