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Definite articles “ the ”

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

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Definite articles “ the ”

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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.

  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 la = the Singular or plural? singular How do you know? There is no “s”

  8. los = the las = the Singular or plural? plural 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 Feminine Nouns: • may end in “- a”, “- ción”, • “- sión”, “- dad” • used with definite article “la”(“the”) La chica La acción La televisión La posibilidad

  10. #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

  11. Máspráctica 2 man teachers article + noun los maestros

  12. Article + noun 3 cookies las galletas

  13. Article +noun The school la escuela

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

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

  16. 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.

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

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

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