Target: I can use definite and indefinite articles with nouns correctly. Warm up: Rewrite the following sentences in Spanish. 1.Do you like fruits? _________________________________________________ 2. She likes comedy books. _________________________________________________ 3. They don’t like chess because it’s boring. _________________________________________________ 4. Julie and I like sports. _________________________________________________ 5. Does he like videogames? _________________________________________________

NOUNS & ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS

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

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

Nouns that end in -sión, -ción, -dad, -tad, & -tud are feminine. televisión actitud ciudad conversación libertad

Some nouns that end in -a are masculine. el problema, el agua el día A few nouns that end in -ma are feminine, such as la cama and la pluma. Many nouns that end in -ma are masculine. el clima el poema A few nouns that end in -o are feminine. la mano

____________ nouns name 1 of something. –the girl –the student –the apple _____________ nouns name more than 1 of something. –the girls –the students –the apples SINGULAR PLURAL

If a noun ends in a _________ (a,e,i,o,u)  ADD _____ to make it plural. chico  chicos If a singular noun ends in a _______________ (r,l,n..)  ADD _____ to make it plural. profesor  profesores VOWEL CONSONANT “S” “ES”

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

MASCULINEFEMININE SINGULAR PLURAL Definite Articles: the EL LOS LA LAS

Use Definite Articles… To talk about a NOUN as a general category or when saying what you like with GUSTAR. Example: –¿Cómo es la pizza? –Es deliciosa. Me gusta la pizza.

Practica: la fruta  ________________ el carro  ________________ el estudiante  ________________ la estudiante  ________________ la pizza  ________________ las frutas los carros los estudiantes las estudiantes las pizzas

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Indefinite Articles When we want to say ____, ____, or________ in Spanish, we use Indefinite Articles. Indefinite Articles also ______________ according to the ___________ of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ or __________ CHANGE gender singularplural “a”“an” “some”

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

Practica un amigo  ________________ una amiga  ________________ un deporte  ________________ un libro  ________________ una pizza  ________________ una fiesta  ________________ unos amigos unas amigas unos deportes unos libros unas pizzas unas fiestas

Practica: Do exercises 25 and 26 of the textbook page 61.