3. In Spanish, there are two kinds of articles. Definite Articles Indefinite Articles *Don’t worry about what they are called… just make sure you know how to use ARTICLES correclty!

4. English Examples:

5. In Spanish, the ARTICLE of nouns will either be: El Or La = “the”

6. When making a noun plural, you must also make the article plural. To do this change:  El  los  La  las

7. El caballo = the horse Los caballos = the horses La escuela = the school Las escuelas = the schools

8. 1. La clase 2. El escritorio 3. La mochila 4. La puerta 5. El estudiante 6. La reglas

9. Words beginning with the article “la” are considered FEMINE words Words with the article “el” are considered MASCULINE words.

10. El caballo El calendario El libro El chico El maestro La maestro La carpeta La escuela La computadora

11. Indefinite Articles Indefinite articles have several meanings in English: A An Some A few

12. Indefinite articles correspond to the definite articles… DEFINITEINDEFINITE ElUn LaUna LosUnos LasUnas

13. Spanish Indefinite Articles SingularPlural Masculine Un Unos Feminine UnaUnas

14. Just like with definite articles, the indefinite articles will let you know if the noun is masculine or feminine. So…what should you do? Memorize!!!

15. The backpack. La mochila. The backpacks. Las mochilas. A backpack. Una mochila. Some backpacks. Unas mochilas.

16. The book. El libro. The books. Los libros. A book. Un libro. Some books. Unos libros.

18. Cuánto Cuánta Cuántos Cuántas = How much = How many

19. mucho mucha muchos muchas = a lot of, much = a lot of, many

21. poco poca pocos pocas = A Little, not much = few, not many