Definite Articles & Indefinite Articles

In Spanish, nouns are masculine or feminine. Masculine nouns usually end in an –O & feminine nouns usually end in an –A. carrofruta If a noun ends with a an –E or a consonant, you must memorize if it is masculine or feminine. pared coche (car)

Singular nouns name one of something and plural nouns name more than one of something. estudiante estudiantes If a word ends in a vowel, add –”s” to make it plural. Fruta  frutas If a word ends in a consonant, add –”es” to make it plural. Animal  animales

Definite articles are placed in front of nouns and must match the noun in GENDER and in NUMBER. In English, there is one definite article: THE. In Spanish, there are four defininte articles: masculinefeminine singularella Pluralloslas the

EL is used in front of masculine-singular NOUNS! LA is used in front of feminine- singular NOUNS! el profesor el animal el helado la profesora la fruta la pizza

LOS is used in front of masculine-plural NOUNS! los carros los libros los animales LAS is used in front of feminine-plural NOUNS! las fiestas las frutas las hamburguesas

VAMOS A PRACTICAR 1. pizzas2. amiga 3. profesora4. helado 5. libros 6. animal 7. frutas8. carros Write the definite for each word.

Indefinite articles are placed in front of nouns and must match the noun in GENDER and in NUMBER. In English, there are 3 indefinite articles: A, AN, SOME. In Spanish, there are four indefininte articles: masculinefeminine singularUnUna PluralUnosUnas A, an some

UN is used in front of masculine-singular NOUNS! UNA is used in front of feminine- singular NOUNS! un profesor un animal un helado una profesora una fruta una pizza

UNOS is used in front of masculine- plural NOUNS! unos carros unos libros unos animales UNAS is used in front of feminine- plural NOUNS! unas fiestas unas frutas unas hamburguesas

VAMOS A PRACTICAR 1. pizzas2. amiga 3. profesora4. helado 5. libros 6. animal 7. frutas8. carros Write the indefinite for each word.