Repaso A

 Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine.  Not all nouns end in –o or -a  Most masculine nouns end in –o  el curso  el bolígrafo  Most feminine nouns end in –a  La escuela  La hoja de papel  For those nouns, you have to memorize the el or la with it to decipher the gender.

 To make a noun plural:  add an –s if it ends in a vowel  Add an –es if it ends in a consonant This is the same way you make adjectives plural as well.

 There are definite and indefinite articles that are often used before nouns EEl, la, los and las are the definite articles TThey all mean “the” EEl goes with singular, masc. nouns LLos goes with plural, masc. nouns LLa goes with sing., fem. nouns. LLas goes with pl., fem. nouns. UUn, una, unos, and unas are indefinite articles. UUn and Una mean “a/an” UUnos and Unas mean “some/a few” UUn goes with sing., masc. nouns. UUnos goes with pl., masc. nouns. UUna goes with sing., fem. nouns. UUnas goes with pl., fem. nouns.

 Agreement  Remember articles and adjectives must ALWAYS agree with the noun they are describing.  If a noun is sing., masc. the article/adjective must also be sing. masc.,etc.