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Spanish Article Usage Guide

Learn how to use definite and indefinite articles in Spanish to match gender and number of nouns. Examples and exceptions provided for easy understanding. Practice exercises included.

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Spanish Article Usage Guide

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  1. Definitearticles“the”

  2. In Spanish we add “s” and “es” also to indicate when using plurals. • Pizza-when word ends with vowels (a,e,I,o,u) , add “s” pizzas • Automovíl- words that end with a consonant, add –”es” automovíles

  3. Definite and Indefinite Articles • In Spanish, articles match nouns in gender and number. • All Spanish nouns, even if they refer to objects, are either masculine or feminine.

  4. In English • The definite article “the” is used with nouns to indicate specific persons, places or things. • The boy with the red shirt • The girls with the black back packs.

  5. Defiinitearticles • Thedefinitearticleis in front of thenoun. • agrees in gender and number • Ejemplos (examples) • La chica (onegirl) • Las chicas (more thanonegirl)

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  7. el = the singular la = the How do you know? There is no “s”

  8. los = the plural las = the How do you know? They both have an “S”

  9. Masculine Nouns: • usually end in “- o” • used with definite article “el”(“the”) El chico El bolígrafo El cuaderno Other endings for masculine words -L -o -n -e -s (not –as)

  10. Feminine Nouns: usually end with –a or -as • but may end in “- a”,-as “- ción”, • “- sión”, “- dad” • used with definite article “la”(“the”) La chica La acción La televisión La posibilidad

  11. #1 Exceptions to the rule…: The gender of some words must be learned because they don’t follow the patterns for masculino or femenino: Femeninos: La tarde La noche La clase Lapared La mano Masculinos: El día El mapa El reloj El lápiz El pupitre El sacapuntas

  12. Máspráctica 2 man teachers article + noun los maestros

  13. Article + noun 3 cookies las galletas

  14. Article +noun The school la escuela

  15. ¡A practicar! • Thefruit (1) • The cookies • The pizza • Thesoftdrinks • Thebooks La fruta Las galletas La pizza Los refrescos Los libros

  16. ¡A practicar! 1. maestra 2. burros 3. sillas 4. bolígrafo 5. cabeza

  17. Indefinite articles Rules of gender and number are the same as definite articles, but the word we put in front of the noun will be different.

  18. Los Artículos…: el la los las 1. Definite: “the” un una unos unas “a” / “an” 1. Indefinite: “Some”/ “a few”

  19. ¡A practicar! ____ chicas _____maestros _____chica _____maestro _____libros _____cuaderno unas unos una un unos un

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