What are nouns? What is different about nouns in Spanish vs. nouns in English? All nouns have gender. ( i.e. masculine & feminine ) el muchacho (masculino) la muchacha (femenina) La profesora (femenina) El estudiante (masculino) index
Spanish is also different from English because there are many ways to say “the” in Spanish. El (masculino singular) La (femenina singular Los (masculino plural Las (femenina plural) index
Usually a noun is masculine if it ends in… o and feminine if it ends in… a However, when a word ends in any other letter (z, e, r, etc.) you need to memorize the definite article with the noun. Here are some examples of nouns that end in consonants: el lápiz (masculino) la clase (femenina) la madre (femenina) el hombre (masculino) index
When nouns identify only one item, they are singular. Here are some examples of nouns that in the singular form: el señor (masculine) la blusa (feminine) la profesora (feminine) el estudiante (masculine) index
When nouns identify more than one item, they are plural. Here are some examples of nouns that in the plural form: los señores (masculine) las profesoras (feminine) los estudiantes (masculine) index
In Spanish, the definite article that accompanies a noun will match its gender and number. el papel (singular) los papeles (plural) La casa (singular) Las casas (plural) index
Some nouns have 1 form that are both masculine and feminine. el estudiante la estudiante el modelo la modelo el policía la policía El artista La artista index
casa la index
zapato el index
clase la index
muchacho el index
estudiante el, la index
doctor el index
artista el, la index
Lápiz el index
falda la index
amigos los index
vestidos los index
estudiantes los, las index
tarde la index
policía el, la index
ojos los index
días los index
bolsa la index
gatos los index
perros los index
A noun may sometimes appear with an indefinite article. In English the INDEFINITE articles are “a” or “some”. The indefinite articles that accompanies a nouns will also match its gender and number. What are the indefinite articles in Spanish? un muchachounos muchachos una muchachaunas muchachas index
lápices unos index
padre un index
casa una
profesores unos index
estudiantes unos, unas index
zapatos unos index
modelos unos, unas index
amiga una index
profesor un index