1. El Los La Las

2. In English The definite article “the” is used with nouns to indicate specific persons, places or things. In English, definite article is used with singular and plural nouns.

3. The dog The dogs The student The students

4. The difference in Spanish is that we must distinguish between the definite article we use for plural nouns and we must also distinguish between masculine and feminine nouns. Definite articles in Spanish also indicate specific persons, places, and things

5. We know that words that end in “s” or “es” are plural in English. Pizzas churches

6. In Spanish we add “s” and “es” also to indicate when using plurals.  Pizzas  automoviles

7. How do we tell if a word is masculine or feminine? Most words that end in “o” are MASCULINE :plural masculine will end in “os” and sometimes “es” Most words that end in “a” are FEMININE :plural will end in “as” and sometime “es”

8. Write the following in plural form The book: El libro The boy: El chico