1. NOUNS AND DEFINITE ARTICLES IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE DEFINITE ARTICLES BASED ON NOUN GENDER.

2. REPASO IN CHAPTER 2-1 WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO CHANGE ADJECTIVES TO FIT THE NOUNS THEY MODIFY. WHY DID WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE ADJECTIVES? IN SPANISH NOUNS DIFFER IN GENDER THESE GENDERS ARE BROKEN INTO MASCULINE AND FEMININE.

3. MASCULINE VS. FEMININE NOUNS MASCULINE NOUNS USUALLY END IN –O EJEMPLO: EL CARRO EJEMPLO: EL LIBRO FEMININE NOUNS USUALLY END IN –A EJEMPLO: LA PIZZA EJEMPLO: LA FRUTA BUT THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE, SO YOU WILL NEED TO MEMORIZE THE NOUNS’ GENDER!!!

4. DEFINITE ARTICLES THE DEFINITE ARTICLES IN SPANISH CAN BE USED TO SAY “THE” WITH A SPECIFIC NOUN. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS THAT AGREE WITH THEIR NOUN IN GENDER AND IN NUMBER. GENDER: MASCULINE OR FEMININE NUMBER: SINGULAR OR PLURAL

5. DEFINITE ARTICLES 4 ways to say the word THEM A S C U L I N EF E M I N I N E SINGULAR ELLA PLURAL LOSLAS

6. PLURAL NOUNS HOW TO MAKE A NOUN PLURAL IN SPANISH… IF A NOUN ENDS IN A VOWEL, ADD –S TO MAKE IT PLURAL. EJEMPLO: LA ESTUDIANTE  LAS ESTUDIANTES EJEMPLO: EL CARRO  LOS CARROS IF A NOUN ENDS IN A CONSONANT, ADD –ES TO MAKE IT PLURAL. EJEMPLO: EL ANIMAL  LOS ANIMALES EJEMPLOS: LA ESTACION  LAS ESTACIONES