Definite Articles & Indefinite Articles

In Spanish, nouns are masculine or feminine In Spanish, nouns are masculine or feminine. Masculine nouns usually end in an –O & feminine nouns usually end in an –A. carro fruta If a noun ends with a an –E or a consonant, you must memorize if it is masculine or feminine. pared coche (car)

Singular nouns name one of something and plural nouns name more than one of something. estudiante estudiantes If a word ends in a vowel, add –”s” to make it plural. Fruta frutas If a 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 in NUMBER. In English, there is one definite article: THE. In Spanish, there are four defininte articles: masculine feminine singular el la Plural los las the

EL is used in front of masculine-singular NOUNS! el profesor el chico el sombrero LA is used in front of feminine-singular NOUNS! la profesora la chica la falda

LOS is used in front of masculine-plural NOUNS! los zapatos los libros los sombreros LAS is used in front of feminine-plural NOUNS! las camisas las bufandas las joyas

Write the definite for each word. VAMOS A PRACTICAR Write the definite for each word. 1. joyas 2. amiga 3. profesora 4. gorras 5. libros 6. zapato 7. frutas 8. carros

Indefinite articles are placed in front of nouns and must match the noun in GENDER and in NUMBER. In English, there are 3 indefinite articles: A, AN, SOME. In Spanish, there are four indefininte articles: masculine feminine singular Un Una Plural Unos Unas A, an some

UN is used in front of masculine-singular NOUNS! un profesor un chico un sombrero UNA is used in front of feminine-singular NOUNS! una profesora una chica una falda

UNOS is used in front of masculine-plural NOUNS! unos zapatos unos libros unos sombreros UNAS is used in front of feminine-plural NOUNS! unas camisas unas bufandas unas joyas

Write the indefinite for each word. VAMOS A PRACTICAR Write the indefinite for each word. 1. camisetas 2. chica 3. profesora 4. zapato 5. libros 6. botas 7. faldas 8. chicos