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Articles in Spanish. Reflect gender and number in nouns. Gender of nouns. Nouns that end in “a” are usually feminine. Nouns that end in “ción”are usually feminine. Nouns that end in “o” are usually masculine. Nouns that end in L O N E R S it’s masculine.
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Articles in Spanish Reflect gender and number in nouns
Gender of nouns • Nouns that end in “a” are usually feminine. • Nouns that end in “ción”are usually feminine. • Nouns that end in “o” are usually masculine. • Nouns that end in L O N E R S it’s masculine. • THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE so learn the article in front the noun!!!!!!
Plural Nouns • If a noun ends in a vowel add “s” • If a noun ends in a consonant add “es” • If it ends in a Z change the “z” to a “c” and add “es” alumno alumnos alumna alumnas profesor profesores lápiz lápices
Definite Articles “the” • El= singular masculine • La = singular feminine • Los = plural masculine • Las = plural feminine
Indefinite Articles = “a” “an” “some” • Un= singular, masculine • Una= singular, feminine • Unos= plural masculine • Unas= plural feminine
Accordance= agreement • The article and the noun must agree in number and in gender. • If the noun is feminine the article must be feminine • If the noun is masculine the article must be masculine • If the noun is plural (more than one) the article must be plural
singular Una amiga Un hermano El libro El día La calculadora plural unas amigas unos hermanos los libros los días las calculadoras How do we see accordance