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Page 110 Realidades 1 . Nouns. NOUNS. Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things. NOUNS. In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine. Masculine / Feminine. Most nouns that end in -o are masculine. Masculine / Feminine.
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Page 110Realidades 1 Nouns
NOUNS • Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things.
NOUNS • In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.
Masculine / Feminine • Most nouns that end in -o are masculine.
Masculine / Feminine • Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.
Masculine / Feminine • For example: el libro la calculadora • An exception: el día
Other Spanish Nouns • Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant.
Other Spanish Nouns • For example: el cine el marcador la clase la televisión
Other Spanish Nouns • Some can be both masculine and feminine: el/la estudiante
Making Nouns Plural • To make nouns plural you usually add -s to words ending in a vowel and -esto words ending in a consonant. • silla sillas • teclado teclados • cartel carteles
Making Nouns Plural • Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural. • El lápiz los lápices
Definite Articles • El , La , Los and Las are called definite articles. • In English they mean “the”
Definite Articles • We use El and Los with masculine nouns and La and Las with feminine nouns.
Indefinite Articles • Un, Una, Unos, and Unas are indefinite articles.
Indefinite Articles • Un and Una mean “a or an” in English.
Indefinite Articles • Unos and Unas mean “some” in English.
Indefinite Articles • Un and Unos are masculine and Una and Unas are feminine.
It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article, el or la, because that will usually tell you the gender.