1. SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS
NOUNS & ARTICLES
SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS

2. Masculine (masculino) Feminine (feminina)
In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories:
_________________ or ________________
Masculine (masculino)
Feminine (feminina)

3. Masculine nouns USUALLY end in -___ el helado - Feminine nouns USUALLY end in -___. la fruta

4. SINGULAR PLURAL ____________ nouns name 1 of something.
the girl
the student
the apple
_____________ nouns name more than 1 of something.
the girls
the students
the apples
PLURAL

5. VOWEL “S” CONSONANT “ES”
If a noun ends in a _________ (a,e,i,o,u) ADD _____ to make it plural.
chico  chicos
If a singular noun ends in a _______________ (r,l,n..)  ADD _____ to make it plural.
trabajador  trabajadores
CONSONANT
“ES”

6. Definite Articles “the”
When we want to say _______ in Spanish, we use Definite Articles.
Definite Articles ______________ according to the ___________ of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ or __________
CHANGE
gender
singular
plural

7. Definite Articles: the
MASCULINE
FEMININE
SINGULAR
PLURAL EL LA
LOS
LAS

8. Indefinite Articles “a” “an” “some” CHANGE gender plural singular
When we want to say ____, ____, or________ in Spanish, we use Indefinite Articles.
Indefinite Articles also ______________ according to the ___________ of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ or __________
“some”
CHANGE
gender
plural
singular

9. Indefinite Articles: a/some
MASCULINE
FEMININE
SINGULAR
PLURAL UN
UNA
UNOS
UNAS

10. Plural Groups of Nouns
When there is a group of mixed gender, no matter what the ratio is of females to males and males to females, the group is always referred to as masculine
Los animales
Los estudiantes
Los niños