Definite Articles and Indefinite Articles

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1 Definite Articles and Indefinite Articles

2 In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine
In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. Masculine nouns usually end in an –o and feminine nouns usually en in an –a. carro fruta If a noun ends with an –e or a consonant, you must memorize if it is masculine or feminine. coche animal

3 Singular nouns name one of something and plural nouns name more than one of something.
estudiante estudiantes If a noun (or any word) ends in a vowel, add –”s” to make it plural. Fruta  frutas  If a noun (or any word) ends in a consonant, add “-es” to make it plural. Animal  animales

4  In English, there is one definite article:
Definite articles are placed in front of nouns and must match the noun in GENDER and NUMBER  In English, there is one definite article: THE In Spanish, there are four definite articles : Masculine Feminine Singular Plural el la = THE los las

5 EL is used in front of masculine-singular nouns
el profesor el animal el helado LA is used in front of feminine-singular nouns la profesora la fruta la pizza

6 LOS is used in front of masculine-plural nouns
los carros los libros los animales LAS is used infront of feminine-plural nouns las fiestas las frutas las hamburguesas

7 Use the definite article to talk about liking something when using the verb “GUSTAR”
I like fruit.  Me gusta la fruta.

8 Write the definite article for each word:
VAMOS A PRACTICAR Write the definite article for each word: pizzas amiga profesora helado libros animal frutas carros las la la el los el las los

9  In English, there are 3 indefinite articles: a, an, some
Indefinite articles are placed in front of nouns and must match the noun in GENDER and NUMBER.  In English, there are 3 indefinite articles: a, an, some In Spanish, there are four indefinite articles: Masculine Feminine Singular plural una un = a, an unos unas = some

10 UN is used in front of masculine-singular nouns
un carro un libro un helado UNA is used in front of feminine-singular nouns una profesora una fruta una pizza

11 UNOS is used in front of masculine-plural nouns
unos carros unos libros unos animales UNAS is used in front of feminine-plural nouns unas fiestas unas frutas unas hamburguesas

12 Write the indefinite article for each word:
VAMOS A PRACTICAR Write the indefinite article for each word: pizzas amiga profesora helado libros animal frutas carros unas una una un unos un unas unos