Definite Articles P. 60 (online) Realidades 1

Definite Articles u Nouns refer to people, animals, places, things, and ideas. u In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine. u Most nouns that end in –o are masculine. u Most nouns that end in –a are feminine.

Definite Articles u El, La, Los and Las are called definite articles.

Definite Articles u In English they mean “the”

Definite Articles u We use El and Los with masculine nouns and La and Las with feminine nouns.

Definite Articles ella loslas FeminineMasculine Singular Plural

Definite Articles u Spanish nouns that end in –e or a consonant must be learned as masculine or feminine. u You should practice them with their definite articles, el or la MasculineFeminine el profesorla noche el lápizla conversación