Articles & Noun- Adjective Agreement

1. Articles & Noun- Adjective Agreement Essential Question: How do I use articles and adjectives to agree with nouns?

2. Agreement: • Articles and adjectives match the gender and number of the nouns they describe • Remember that every noun is either masculine or feminine!!! • Nouns ending in –o= usually masculine • Nouns ending in –a = usually feminine

3. Articles • Articles are a part of speech that come before nouns • Definite articles: used with nouns to indicate specific persons, places, or things (the) • Indefinite articles: used with nouns to indicate nonspecific persons, places, or things (a, an, some)

4. Los artículos definidos“the” • Masculino Femenino • Singular Singular • el chico la chica • the boy thegirl • Plural Plural • los chicoslas chicas • the boys thegirls

5. Los artículos indefinidos“a / an/ some” • Masculino Femenino • Singular Singular • un chico una chica • aboy a girl • Plural Plural • unos chicosunaschicas • some boys somegirls

6. Práctica • Fill in the blanks with the correct article! • ____ maestra (the) • ____ libros (some) • ____ chico (a) • ____ futboleros (the) • ____ manzanas (the) • ____ hermanas (some)

7. BRAINSTORM! • Think back to last year & record as many adjectives you can remember! • Nota: How do you say short, tall, intelligent, young, etc.

8. Adjetivos - Personalidad • artístico(a) – artistic • atlético(a) – athletic • bueno(a) – good • cómico(a) – funny • desorganizado(a) – unorganized • estudioso(a) – studious • inteligente – intelligent • malo(a) – bad • organizado(a) – organized • perezoso(a) – lazy • serio(a) – serious • simpático(a) – nice • trabajador(a) – hard-working

9. Adjetivos – Aparencia • alto(a) – tall • bajo(a) – short • bonito(a) – pretty • grande – big, large, great • guapo(a) – good-looking • joven (pl. jovenes) – young • pelirrojo(a) – red-haired • pequeño(a) – small • viejo(a) – old • Tengo… - I have • Tiene… - He/She has… • Pelo rubio – blond hair • Pelo castaño – brown hair

10. Nota: In English, theadjectivesusually come beforethenoun. • Ejemplo: Theprettywoman. In Spanish, theadjectives come afterthenoun. • Ejemplo: La mujerbonita.

11. Masculine • Singular: Plural: • El chico alto - Los chicosaltos • The tall boy - The tall boys

12. Feminine • Singular Plural • La chicaalta - laschicasaltas • The tall girl - the tall girls

13. Exceptions • Adjectives that end in –e match both genders • El maestrointeligente • La maestrainteligente

14. Exceptions • Many adjectives that end in a consonant match both genders • El amigojoven • La amigajoven

15. Pluralize! • To make an adjective plural, add –s if it ends in a vowel • Add –esif it ends in a consonant • Las chicastrabajadoras • Los chicostrabajadores

16. Exceptions • Some adjectives that end in a consonant add –a to form the feminine singular. (¡Lo siento! You just have to memorize them) • El chicotrabajador • La chicatrabajadora

17. Práctica Athletic : feminine/ singular Tall: masculine/ plural Intelligent: feminine /singular Intelligent: feminine/ plural Short: masculine/ plural