2. Page 110 Realidades 1 Nouns

3. NOUNS Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things.

4. NOUNS In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.

5. Masculine / Feminine Most nouns that end in -o are masculine.

6. Masculine / Feminine Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.

7. Masculine / Feminine For example: el libro la calculadora An exception: el día

8. Other Spanish Nouns Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant.

9. Other Spanish Nouns For example: el cine el marcador la clase la televisión

10. Other Spanish Nouns Some can be both masculine and feminine: el/la estudiante

11. Making Nouns Plural To make nouns plural you usually add -s to words ending in a vowel and -es to words ending in a consonant. sillasillas tecladoteclados cartelcarteles

12. Making Nouns Plural Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural. El lápizlos lápices

13. Definite Articles El, La, Los and Las are called definite articles. In English they mean “the”

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

15. Indefinite Articles Un, Una, Unos, and Unas are indefinite articles.

16. Indefinite Articles Un and Una mean “a or an” in English.

17. Indefinite Articles Unos and Unas mean “some” in English.

18. Indefinite Articles Un and Unos are masculine and Una and Unas are feminine.

19. NOTES It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article, el or la, because that will usually tell you the gender. El cartel vetanas

20. NEVER<<NEVER change the Gender of the noun EX correct- la puerta Incorrect – la puerto Una ventana –correct Unas ventanos- incorrect El cartel- how to make it plural el cartel- Los carteles Un reloj- unos relojes Una- unas el -los