Definite Articles Unidad 1 Etapa 2 pg.56

Definite Articles with specific things If something is definite, it’s absolute, it’s Certain. There is no ambiguity what so ever. Definite articles are used before nouns. In English, we only have one definite article - “the”. In Spanish, there are four.

Nouns Nouns name people, animals, places, things, or Ideas. 1. In Spanish, nouns have masculine and feminine gender: a. el chico (masculine nouns usually end in “o”) b. la chica (feminine nouns usually end in “a”)

Nouns 2. When nouns identify one item, they are singular: a. el amigo (masculine, singular) b. la amiga (feminine, singular) 3. When nouns identify more than one item, they are plural: a. los amigos (masculine, plural) b. las amigas (feminine, plural)

Definite Articles Singular Plural Masculine el los Feminine la las

Ejemplos 1. La casa es grande. (the article, the noun, and the adjective are all feminine and singular) The house is big. We use the definite article “la” because we are talking about one house in particular, not any old house. 2. Los chicos son altos. (notice that the article, the noun, and the adjective are all masculine and plural) The boys are tall. We use the definite article “los” because we are talking about specific boys, not any old boys.