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)

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1 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

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

8 casa la index

9 zapato el index

10 clase la index

11 muchacho el index

12 estudiante el, la index

13 doctor el index

14 artista el, la index

15 Lápiz el index

16 falda la index

17 amigos los index

18 vestidos los index

19 estudiantes los, las index

20 tarde la index

21 policía el, la index

22 ojos los index

23 días los index

24 bolsa la index

25 gatos los index

26 perros los index

27 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

28 lápices unos index

29 padre un index

30 casa una

31 profesores unos index

32 estudiantes unos, unas index

33 zapatos unos index

34 modelos unos, unas index

35 amiga una index

36 profesor un index