Post on 22-Apr-2015
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