#4- El Género de Sustantivos (Gender of Nouns) index MURPHY 1

Standards Comparisons 4.1- Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparison of the language studied and their own Objective: Students will learn how to distinguish between masculine/ feminine nouns AND singular/plural nouns index MURPHY 2

Nouns name _______, _______, _______, _______, or _______. You need to remember the following information about nouns in Spanish: All nouns have gender. ( i.e. ____________ OR ___________ ) el chico (masculine) la chica (feminine) la falda (feminine) el pelo (masculine) index MURPHY 3

Nouns are normally MASCULINE if they end in: _____ (el chico, el número) _____ (el problema, el tema, el programa) _____ (el autobús, el país) 4

Nouns are normally FEMININE if they end in: _____ (la lección, la conversación) _____ (la comunidad, la nacionalidad) _____ (la chica, la maleta) 5

When a word ends in a ____________, you need to memorize the definite article with the noun. Here are some examples of nouns that end in consonants: el suéter (masculine) la mujer (feminine) index 6

When nouns identify only ONE item, they are ____________. Here are some examples of nouns that in the singular form: el señor (masculine) la blusa (feminine) la maestra (feminine) el estudiante (masculine) index 7

When nouns identify MORE THAN ONE item, they are _______________. Here are some examples of nouns that are in the plural form: los señores (masculine) las blusas (feminine) las maestras (feminine) los estudiantes (masculine) index 8

To Make Nouns Plural, Add _____ if it ends in a vowel (chicos) Add _____ if it ends in a consonant (nacionalidades) *NOTE: Nouns that end in –z change to c, then add –es (lápices) 9

Some nouns have 1 form that are both ____________ and ____________. el estudiante/ la estudiante el modelo/ la modelo el policía/ la policía el turista/ la turista index 10

casa la index 11

pantalones los index 12

zapato el index 13

amigos los index 14

camiseta la index 15

hombre el index 16

estudiante el, la index 17

doctor el index 18

artista el, la index 19

plomero el index 20

falda la index 21

amigos los index 22

vestidos los index 23

estudiantes los, las index 24

tarde la index 25

policía el, la index 26

jeans los index 27

bolsa la index 28

gatos los index 29

calcetines los index 30

modelo el, la index 31

ojos los index 32

A noun may sometimes appear with an indefinite article. The indefinite articles that accompanies a nouns will also match its gender and number. un chicounos chicos una camisaunas camisas un estudianteunos estudiantes index 33

ojos unos index 34

hombre un index 35

casa una 36

pantalones unos index 37

estudiantes unos, unas index 38

suéteres unos index 39

modelos unos, unas index 40

ropa una index 41

calcetín un index 42