NOUNS ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTCULOS In Spanish all

NOUNS & ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS

In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories: Feminine Masculine (feminina) (masculino) or _________________

-Masculine nouns USUALLY end in O ___ __ el helado - Feminine nouns USUALLY end in A ___. la fruta

SINGULAR nouns name 1 of something. • ______ – the girl – the student – the apple PLURAL • _______ nouns name more than 1 of something. – the girls – the students – the apples

VOWEL If a noun ends in a _____ (a, e, i, o, u) ADD _____ “S”plural. to make it • chicos If a singular noun ends in a ________ (r, l, n. . ) CONSONANT “ES” ADD _____ to make it plural. • trabajadores

Al practicar chicos chico ________ chicas chica ________ frutas fruta ________________ helados persona ________ mujeres mu jer ________ hombres hombre ________

Definite Articles “the” • When we want to say _______ in Spanish, we use Definite Articles. CHANGE • Definite Articles _______ according to the ______ of the noun and gender according to whether the noun is singular _____ or _____ plural

Definite Articles: the MASCULINE SINGULAR PLURAL FEMININE EL LA LOS LAS

Al practicar las galletas la galleta ________ los refrescos el refresco ________ los estudiantes el estudiante ________________ las estudiantes las pizzas la pizza ________

Indefinite Articles “a” or____ “an” • When we want to say ____, in “some” Spanish, we use Indefinite Articles. • Indefinite Articles also _______ according to the ______ of the noun and CHANGEto whether the noun is _____ according or gender _____ plural singular

Indefinite Articles: a/some MASCULINE SINGULAR PLURAL FEMININE UN UNA UNOS UNAS

Al practicar un amigo una amiga un deporte un sombrero una pizza una fiesta unos amigos ________ unas amigas ________ unos deportes ________________ unos sombreros unas pizzas ________________ unas fiestas