NOUNS & ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS. In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories:...

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NOUNS & ARTICLES

SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS

In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories:

_________________ or ________________

Masculine Masculine (masculino)(masculino)

Feminine (feminina)

-MasculineMasculine nouns USUALLY end in -_____ el heladel heladoo

-- Feminine nouns USUALLY end in -___.la fruta

O

A

• ____________ nouns name 1 of something.– the girl– the student– the apple

• _____________ nouns name more than 1 of something.– the girls– the students– the apples

SINGULAR

PLURAL

If a noun ends in a _________ (a,e,i,o,u) ADD _____ to make it plural.

• chico chicos

If a singular noun ends in a _______________ (r,l,n..) ADD _____ to make it plural.

• trabajador trabajadores

VOWEL

CONSONANT

“S”

“ES”

Al practicarchico ________________chica ________________fruta ________________helado ________________persona ________________mu jer ________________hombre ________________

chicos

chicas

frutas

helados

personas

mujeres

hombres

Definite Articles•When we want to say _______ in

Spanish, we use Definite Articles.•Definite Articles ______________

according to the ___________ of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ or __________

“the”

CHANGEgender

singularplural

MASCULINE FEMININE

SINGULAR

PLURAL

Definite Articles: the

EL

LOS

LA

LAS

Al practicarla galleta ________________el refresco ________________el estudiante ________________la estudiante ________________la pizza ________________

las galletas

los refrescos

los estudiantes

las estudiantes

las pizzas

Indefinite Articles•When we want to say ____, ____,

or________ in Spanish, we use Indefinite Articles.

• Indefinite Articles also ______________ according to the ___________ of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ or __________

CHANGEgender

singularplural

“a” “an”“some”

MASCULINE FEMININESINGULAR

PLURAL

Indefinite Articles: a/some

UN

UNOS

UNA

UNAS

Al practicarun amigo ________________una amiga ________________un deporte ________________un sombrero ________________una pizza ________________una fiesta ________________

unos amigos

unas amigas

unos deportes

unos sombreros

unas pizzas

unas fiestas