Page 110 Realidades 1 Nouns
NOUNS Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things.
NOUNS In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.
Masculine / Feminine Most nouns that end in -o are masculine. Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.
Masculine / Feminine For example: el libro la calculadora Exceptions: el día, la mano
Other Spanish Nouns Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant. El pupitre, la nariz, el lápiz
Other Spanish Nouns For example: el cine el profesor la clase la televisión
Other Spanish Nouns Some can be both masculine and feminine: el/la estudiante
Making Nouns Plural To make nouns plural you usually add -s to words ending in a vowel and -es to words ending in a consonant. sillasillas tecladoteclados cartelcarteles
Making Nouns Plural Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural. El lápizlos lápices
Definite Articles El, La, Los and Las are called definite articles. In English they mean “the”
Definite Articles We use El and Los with masculine nouns and La and Las with feminine nouns.
Indefinite Articles Un, Una, Unos, and Unas are indefinite articles.
Indefinite Articles Un and Una mean “a or an” in English.
Indefinite Articles Unos and Unas mean “some” in English.
Indefinite Articles Un and Unos are masculine and Una and Unas are feminine.
It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article, el or la, because that will usually tell you the gender.
Examples Un libro unos libros Un pupitre unos pupitres Una silla unas sillas Una ventana unas ventanas El bolígrafo los bolígrafos La carpeta las carpetas
Make these words plural 1. La bandera Las banderas 2. El reloj Los relojes 3. Un estudiante Unos estudiantes 4. Una profesora Unas profesoras 5. El escritorio Los escritorios 6. Una mesa Unas mesas 7. La boca Las bocas 8. Un lápiz Unos lapices