Definite Articles and Indefinite Articles In Spanish all

Definite Articles and Indefinite Articles

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. animal coche

Singular nouns name one of something and plural nouns name more than one of something. 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

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 Singular Plural el los Feminine la las = THE

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

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

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

VAMOS A PRACTICAR Write the definite article for each word: 1. las 2. la 3. los 4. las pizzas profesora libros frutas 5. 6. 7. 8. la amiga el helado el animal los carros

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 Singular plural un unos Feminine una = a, an unas = some

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

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

VAMOS A PRACTICAR Write the indefinite article for each word: 1. unas pizzas 2. una profesora 3. unos libros 4. unas frutas 5. una amiga 6. un helado 7. un animal 8. unos carros