Gender/Number – Spanish Review

Gender/Number – SpanishReview Lesson prepared by: Regina Stone-Hernandez, M.S.

Gender/Number - Spanish • Most Spanish nouns end in either an unstressed a or an unstressed o. • La casa (the house – feminine) • El niño (the boy – masculine)

Gender/Number - Spanish • Those ending in a are mostly feminine.

Gender/Number - Spanish • Those ending in o are mostly masculine.

Gender/Number - Spanish • La casa (the house) Feminine or masculine?

Gender/Number - Spanish Correct!!! Feminine

Gender/Number - Spanish • El oso (the bear) Feminine or masculine?

Gender/Number - Spanish Correct!!! Masculine

Gender/Number - Spanish • La escuela (the school) Feminine or masculine?

Gender/Number - Spanish • La iglesia (the church) Feminine or masculine?

Gender/Number - Spanish • El niño (the boy) Feminine or masculine?

Gender/Number - Spanish Correct!!! Masculine

Gender/Number - Spanish • La bebita (the little baby girl ) Feminine or masculine?

Gender/Number - Spanish • La hermana (the sister) Feminine or masculine?

Gender/Number – Spanish Remember… • Spanish nouns that begin with a stressed a (whether or not the accent is written) and end in a are feminine… • butwhen they are singular, they take a masculine singular article. Remember… When modified by an adjective, the adjective must always be feminine, singular or plural, e.g., el aguafría and lasaguasfrías.

Gender/Number – Spanish

Gender/Number - Spanish • Remember… • Spanish nouns ending in –ción, -sión, -dad and -tud are all feminine. • Not all words ending in -ión, however are feminine (note above that it's the c or s before -ión that tells you a word is feminine).

Gender/Number – Spanish

Gender/Number - Spanish • The fastest and least painful way to master the gender of nouns is when you first encounter them. • If they happen to be on your vocabulary list, precede them, according to their gender, with el or la in front of them if they are singular… • and los or las in front of them, if they are plural. • When you study vocabulary, don’t simply repeat mesa, for instance. Say la mesa. You’ll then be reinforcing the gender of the word – almost painlessly.

Gender/Number - Spanish Now that we've covered the way articles agree with the nouns they point to, we can demonstrate agreement where adjectives are concerned. A noun is almost always used with an article before it and often with an adjective after it. NOUN

Gender/Number - Spanish • El caballo (the horse – singular - masculine) • Loscaballos (the horses – plural - masculine) NOUN

Gender/Number - Spanish • Lasilla (the chair – singular – feminine) • Lassillas (the chairs – plural – feminine) NOUN

Gender/Number - Spanish Unlike nouns, articles and adjectives can morph– they are like chameleons in that they take on the gender and number of the noun they are associated with. Thus, we say: • la rosablanca • el caballopardo • el hombre alto • la mujeralta

Gender/Number - Spanish Can you see how the articles in Spanish precede the noun and the descriptive adjectives (color adjectives being perfect examples) follow the noun? Let's make the previous examples plural: • lasrosasblancas • los caballospardos.

Gender/Number - Spanish • Finally, if there are two descriptive adjectives modifying one noun: • The simplest and most common solution is to put them both after the noun with y (and) in between.

Gender/Number - Spanish • Now, let’s put it into practice… • Split into groups of two students • Translate the following nouns, add their proper articles (careful with the gender and the number) • Add a descriptive adjective

Gender/Number - Spanish • Desk • Books • Door • Windows • Light • Blackboard • Telephone • Papers • Students • Teacher • Keys • Wallet

Gender/Number - Spanish In conclusion… • Go to the weeblywebsite http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php • Post your group’s answers • Comment on the blog

Gender/Number – Spanish Review