Singulars to plurals Definite Articles el becomes los la becomes las.

Presentación del tema: "Singulars to plurals Definite Articles el becomes los la becomes las."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Singulars to plurals Definite Articles el becomes los la becomes las

2 Indicators that a noun is masculine: - nouns that refer to a male person - most nouns that end in o

3 Indicators that a noun is feminine: nouns that refer to a female person most nouns that end in a most nouns ending in ión, tad and dad

4 Note : Words ending in -ma that are derived from Greek rather than Latin (e.g., tema, telegrama, but not forma) are almost always masculine.tema, telegrama, but not forma) are almost always masculine.

5 Las reglas – The rules Word ends in vowel – ADD -s Word ends in a consonant – ADD -es Word ends in z – change z to c ADD -es

6 ____________ libro ____________ Mesas ____________ Puerta ____________ Hombres ____________ Problema ____________ Libros ____________ Ciudad ____________ Nación ____________ Doctores ____________ Apartamento ____________ Libertad ____________ Mujeres ____________ comunidades ____________ Sistemas ____________ Prueba ____________ Universidad ____________ Lápiz ____________ Profesor ____________ Profesoras ____________ comunicación

7 Adjective Agreement placement el globo rojo the red balloon los globos rojos the red balloons