NOTES # 2: ARTICLES AND NOUNS (artÍculos y sustantivos) DEFINITE ARTICLES: The words for “THE” INDEFINITE ARTICLES: The words for “A/AN/SOME” NOUNS: Person, place, thing, or idea

NOUNS IN SPANISH, EVERY NOUN HAS A GENDER (MASCULINE OR FEMININE). ALMOST ALL NOUNS THAT END IN –O ARE MASCULINE AND ALMOST ALL NOUNS THAT END IN –A ARE FEMININE. *WHEN A NOUN ENDS IN –E, YOU HAVE TO LEARN IF IT IS MASCULINE OR FEMININE (EX: LA CLASE)

PLURAL To make a word plural in Spanish: ADD –s- (if it ends in a vowel) Ex: amigo  amigos ADD –es- (if it ends in a consonant) Ex: profesor  profesores

DEFINITE ARTICLES IN SPANISH 4 WAYS TO SAY “THE”: EL LOS LA LAS

INDEFINITE ARTICLES IN SPANISH 2 WAYS TO SAY “A/AN” & 2 WAYS TO SAY “SOME”: UN UNOS UNA UNAS

RULES: THE DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES IN SPANISH SHOULD AGREE WITH THE NOUN IN BOTH GENDER (MASCULINE / FEMININE) AND IN NUMBER (SINGULAR / PLURAL)