1. Topic: Gender and articles
Essential ?: How do you say “the” and “a/an” in Spanish?

2. Definite articles In Spanish, there are 4 ways to say “the”.
Today we learn two of them
A definite article is “the”. It indicates which thing you are talking about. A book is general, the book is specific – referring only to one.
The two forms of “the” you need to know now are: El La

3. El and la “El” is the masculine article “La” is the feminine article
In Spanish, nouns are either masculine or feminine
Masculine nouns: nouns referring to guys; nouns that end in ‘o’ (almost always)
Feminine nouns: nouns that refer to girls; words that end in “a” (almost always)

4. Pausa Tell your pareja 3 important things you learned.
Write 2 questions on the left side of your notes, mark the answers on the right

5. Indefinite articles
An indefinite article is like a definite article, only it is not specific. In English, we have two – “a” and “an”.
In Spanish, there are also two – “un” and “una”

6. Indefinite articles
In English, the first sound of the next word determines which one we use. (a book, an egg).
In Spanish, it is the gender that determines the one you use
“un” for a masculine noun
El muchacho = the boy; un muchacho = a boy
“una” for a feminine noun
La muchacha = the girl; una muchacha = a girl

7. Pausa Tell your pareja 3 important things you learned.
Write 2 questions on the left side of your notes, mark the answers on the right

8. Don’t forget your summary!
What did I learn?
What was most important?
How does it relate to things I already knew?
What was easiest?
What could be most challenging?

9. ¡Practicar! Go through your vocabulary
Write down all the words that have “el” before them
El amigo
Write down all the words that have “la” before them
La amiga
Then write them again using indefinite articles (a, an)
El amigo = Un amigo
La amiga = Una amiga