1.2 mis amigos y yo

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1.2 mis amigos y yo

• Cornell notes
• Spanish I

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TEMA articles agreement

• PREGUNTA ESENCIAL How will I use descriptive
  adjectives to describe myself and others?

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Lets recap.

• A nounperson, place, or thing
• ( Señora Castro, Puerto Rico, el
  coche)
• An adjective/adjetivodescribes a noun
• (the handsome boy) el
  chico guapo

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Lets recap.

• There are 2 kinds of articles (in English)
• definite (the)
• indefinite (a an)
• (the car, a house, an apple)
• There are 2 kinds of articles/artículos (in
  Spanish)
• definite/definido (el, los, la, las)
• indefinite/indefinido (un, una, unos, unas)

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Gender

• ALL nouns have gender (feminine or masculine)
• Most nouns that end in o are masculine
• Most nouns that end in -a are feminine
• Some examples
• -el amigo
  -la amiga
• -el refresco
  -la pizza

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What if...

• Nouns end in -sión, -ción, -dad, or -tad?
• la televisión
• la conversación
• la ciudad
• la libertad
• Which gender do you think they belong to???

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How about

• If the noun ends in another letter ?
• Some examples
• el doctor
• el profesor
• el estudiante
• el señor
• Which gender do you think it belongs to?

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Definite articles

• There are 4 ways to say THE in Spanish
• ALL articles in Spanish have gender and number

singular plural
masculine el los
feminine la las
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Exceptions

• You should learn the article because that will
  tell you the gender of the noun.
• Some examples
• la corbata
• el vestido

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A definite articleis used with specific
persons, places, or things.

• Some examples
• -elel chico (the boy)
• -lala chica (the girl)
• -loslos chicos (the boys)
• -laslas chicas (the girls)

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Indefinite articles

• There are 4 ways to say A or AN in Spanish
• ALL articles in Spanish have gender and number

Singular plural
masculine un unos
feminine una unas
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An indefinite articleis used with
nonspecific people, places, or things

• Some examples
• -un un chico (a boy)
• -unos unos chicos (some boys)
• -una una manzana (an apple)
• -unas unas manzanas (some apples)

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to make a noun plural

• ADD -s if it ends in a vowel
• Some examples
• libros papas
• chicos chicas
• vestidos pizzas

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To make a noun plural

• ADD -es if it ends in a consonant
• Some examples
• doctores
  conversaciones
• profesores
  televisiones
• trabajadores
  universidades

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Make sure!

• The gender and number match
• Some examples
• el libro un
  chico
• la pluma una
  chica
• los libros unos
  chicos
• las plumas unas
  chicas

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Noun adjective agreement

• The adjective must match the number and gender
• Some examples

definite indefinite
singular el libro pequeño la pluma pequeña un chico guapo una chica bonita
plural los libros grandes las plumas grandes unos chicos malos unas chicas guapas
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Lets recap
Nouns are either masculine -o feminine a
Nouns ending in -sión, -ión, -dad, -tud feminine
All other endings are masculine
4 ways to say THE el, la, los, las
4 ways to say A or AN un, una, unos, unas
Articles must have gender and number must match
To make nouns plural add s (to vowel) add es (to consonant)
noun adjective agreement