Realidades 1 Nouns NOUNS n Nouns refer to

Realidades 1 Nouns

NOUNS n Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things.

NOUNS n In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.

Masculine / Feminine Most nouns that end in -o are masculine. n Most nouns that end in a are feminine. n

Masculine / Feminine For example: el libro – the book n la calculadora – the calculator n An exception: n el día – the day

Other Spanish Nouns n Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant.

Other Spanish Nouns For example: el n la n cine– the movie theater marcador– the score board clase– the class televisión– the television

Other Spanish Nouns n Some can be both masculine and feminine: el/la estudiante

Making Nouns Plural n To make nouns plural you usually add -s to words ending in a vowel and -es to words ending in a consonant. • La Silla • The chair • El teclado • The keyboard • El cartel • The poster • Las Sillas • The chairs • Los teclados • The keyboards • Los carteles • The posters

Making Nouns Plural n Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural. El Lápiz Los lápices

Definite Articles n El , La , Los and Las are called definite articles. n In English they mean “the”

Definite Articles n We use El and Los with masculine nouns and Las with feminine nouns.

Indefinite Articles n Un, Una, Unos, and Unas are indefinite articles.

Indefinite Articles n Un and Una mean “a or an” in English.

Indefinite Articles n Unos and Unas mean “some” in English.

Indefinite Articles n Un and Unos are masculine and Unas are feminine.

It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article, el or la, because that will usually tell you the gender.