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Definite and Indefinite Articles
Created by Mrs. Ochoa for Spanish 1 students at Vista Murrieta High School
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The Gender of Nouns In Spanish, every noun has a gender. It is either feminine or masculine. Most words that end in a are feminine. Most words that end in o are masculine. Some nouns don’t follow a particular rule so you must learn the gender of each these words individually.
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Articles In Spanish, as in English, there are definite and indefinite articles. They are a, an, the In Spanish, the article used will depend on the gender and number of the noun that follows it.
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Definite Articles Use when you are talking about a specific noun or group of nouns. el (masculine, singular) la (feminine, singular) los (masculine, plural) las (feminine, plural) These articles are equivalent to “the” in English.
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In Spanish, articles and nouns must agree in number and gender.
Definite: Singular Definite: Plural la chica (feminine) el chico (masculine) las chicas (feminine) los chicos (masculine)
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Some nouns can be both masculine and feminine.
el estudiante la estudiante el modelo la modelo el policía la policía index
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What is the definite article for each of the following nouns.
LET’S PRACTICE What is the definite article for each of the following nouns.
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casa la index
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doctores los index
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taco el index
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amigos los index
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maestra la index
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hombre el index
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estudiante el, la index
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doctor el index
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policía el, la index
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apartamento el index
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amigas las index
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señores los index
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estudiantes los, las index
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señorita la index
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familias las index
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comunidad la index
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mundo el index
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país el index
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Indefinite Articles Use when you are not talking about a specific noun or group of nouns. un (masculine, singular) una (feminine, singular) unos (masculine, plural) unas (feminine, plural) These articles are equivalent to “a, an, some” in English.
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In Spanish, articles and nouns must agree in number and gender.
Indefinite: Singular Indefinite: Plural una chica (feminine) un chico (masculine) unas chicas (feminine) unos chicos (masculine)
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What is the indefinite article for each of the following nouns.
LET’S PRACTICE What is the indefinite article for each of the following nouns.
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muchachos unos index
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hombre un index
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casa una
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mujeres unas index
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estudiantes unos, unas index
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señores unos index
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estudiante un, una index
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casas unas index
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chico un index index index
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