Definite and Indefinite Articles

In Spanish, articles match nouns in gender and number. Here’s how: All Spanish nouns, even if they refer to objects, are either masculine or feminine. Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine. Nouns ending in -a are usually feminine. *** There are always exceptions to the rules. ***

Definite Articles El , La , Los and Las are called definite articles.

Definite Articles In English they mean “the”. They are used in English to indicate specific persons, places or things.

Definite Articles We use El and Los with masculine nouns and La and Las with feminine nouns. EX: the boy – el chico the girl – la chica

Indefinite Articles Un, Una, Unos, and Unas are indefinite articles. They are used with nouns to indicate nonspecific persons, places or things.

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

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

Indefinite Articles Un and Unos are masculine and Una and Unas are feminine. EX: a boy – un chico a girl – una chica

Plurals of Nouns To form the plural of a noun, add -s if the noun ends in a vowel. Add –es if the noun ends in a consonant. EX: estudiante -> estudiantes mujer -> mujeres