SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS NOUNS & ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS

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

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

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

VOWEL “S” CONSONANT “ES” 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. trabajador  trabajadores CONSONANT “ES”

Definite Articles “the” 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 __________ CHANGE gender singular plural

Definite Articles: the MASCULINE FEMININE SINGULAR PLURAL EL LA LOS LAS

Indefinite Articles “a” “an” “some” CHANGE gender plural singular 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 __________ “some” CHANGE gender plural singular

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

Plural Groups of Nouns When there is a group of mixed gender, no matter what the ratio is of females to males and males to females, the group is always referred to as masculine Los animales Los estudiantes Los niños http://www.fluentu.com/spanish/blog/spanish-gender-rules/