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Transcript of Los art í culos definidos (Definite articles). Vocabulario.
Los artículos definidos(Definite articles)
Vocabulario
El perro
El gato
La ballena
El delfín
El caballo
El León
La gallina/El pollo
La culebra/La víbora
El ratón
El elefante
El mono/El chango
El tigre
El tiburón
El zapo/La rana
El puerco/ El cerdo
El pájaro
La vaca
La tortuga
La cebra
La jirafa
El oso
El camello
El pingüino
El canguro
El burro
El conejo
La lechuza
Definite articles are usually placed before a noun
Sustantivos(Nouns)
What are definite Articles?
Definite Articles el, los, La, las
The
Gender
In Spanish all nouns have a gender Definite articles also have a gender
Masculine Feminine
Due to this fact definite articles and nouns have to agree on their gender
Number
Definite articles and nouns can also be plural or singular
Singular meaning only one 1
Plural meaning two or more2…
Due to this fact definite articles and nouns have to agree on their number also
So how do we know if a definite article is masculine or feminine,
plural or singular
Definite articles have 4 distinct forms
Masculine Masculine singular plural
el Los Feminine Feminine singular plural
la las
We use the definitive article the when we want to talk about
a particular or specific noun.
When using definite articles with nouns make sure they match the
gender and the number
Just as a reviewMaking nouns plural
1)Nouns that end with a vowel add s2)Nouns that end with a consonant other than z add es
3) Nouns that end with z add es and replaced the z with a c
How to recognized masculine and feminine nouns
1)Nouns that end with a are usually feminine2)Nouns that end with o are usually masculine
Some nouns that end with n and e could also be masculine
Ejemplo: The dog (Perro)
Dog is a masculine singular nounEl is the masculine singular article
El perro
Ejemplo: The whale (ballena)
Whale is a feminine singular nounLa is the feminine singular article
La ballena
Ejemplo: The dolphin (Delfín)
Delfín is a masculine singular nounEl is the masculine singular article
El Delfín
Ejemplo: The chickens (gallinas)
Chickens is a feminine plural nounLas is the feminine plural article
Las gallinas
Tu turno(your turn)
León
El León
Leones
Los leones
ratón
El ratón
ratones
Los ratones
elefante
El elefante
elefantes
Los elefantes
tiburón
El tiburón
tiburones
Los tiburones
ballena
La ballena
ballenas
Las ballenas
vaca
La vaca
vacas
Las vacas
tortuga
La tortuga
tortugas
Las tortugas
rana
La rana
ranas
Las ranas
culebra
La culebra
puerco
El puerco
Photo credits
Mrs. MastnyAnthony Mastny
