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Plurals of Nouns and Articles Las clases de Sra. Schwarz Realidades 1
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Sra. Schwarz Nouns & Gender Nouns refer to people, animals, places, things, and ideas. In Spanish, nouns have a gender, either masculine or feminine.
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Sra. Schwarz Nouns & Definite Articles El, la, los, and las are called definite articles. They all mean “the” in English. We use el and los with masculine nouns; we use la and las with feminine nouns.
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Sra. Schwarz Nouns & Indefinite Articles Un, una, unos, and unas are called indefinite articles. Un and una mean “a” or “an” in English (singular). Unos and unas mean “some” in English (plural). Un and unos are masculine while una and unas are feminine.
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Sra. Schwarz Masculine & Feminine Most nouns that end in o are masculine. Most nouns that end in a are feminine.
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Sra. Schwarz Masculine & Feminine Por ejemplo: el libro masculine la calculadora feminine Some exceptions to this rule are el día and la mano.
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Sra. Schwarz Other Noun Endings Many Spanish nouns end in an e or a consonant such as n or r. Por ejemplo: el cineel marcador la clasela televisión
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Sra. Schwarz Other Noun Endings Some nouns ending in an e or a consonant can be either masculine or feminine. For example, estudiante can be either masculine (el estudiante) or feminine (la estudiante).
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Sra. Schwarz Making Nouns Plural To make nouns plural, you typically add an s to words ending in a vowel and es to words ending in a consonant. Por ejemplo: silla sillas teclado teclados cartel carteles
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Sra. Schwarz Making Nouns Plural For singular nouns that end in z, you must change the z to a c before adding es. el lápiz los lápices la luz las luces la actriz las actrices
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Sra. Schwarz Remember… It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article (el or la) because the article will tell you the gender of the noun.
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