Nouns and Definite Articles

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Nouns and Definite Articles The Preposition DE
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Nouns and Definite Articles

• In Spanish, all nouns belong to one of two gender
  categories masculine or feminine.
• Masculine nouns usually end in o (carro).
• Feminine nouns usually end in a (fruta).

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Would helado be Masculine or Feminine?

1. Masculine
2. Feminine

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Would comida be Masculine or Feminine?

1. Masculine
2. Feminine

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Nouns and Definite Articles

• Singular nouns name one of something.
• Plural nouns name more than one of something.
• If a singular noun ends in a vowel, add s to make
  it plural.
• fruta frutas
• fruit fruits
• estudiante estudiantes
• student students
• If a singular noun ends in a consonant, add es to
  make it plural.
• animal animales
• animal animals
• If a noun ends in z, change the z to c and add
  es to make it plural.
• pez peces
• Fish Fish (more than 1)

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How do you make libro (book) plural (books)?

1. libroes
2. libros

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How do you make pared (wall) plural (walls)?

1. pareds
2. paredes

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How do you make lápiz (pencil) plural (pencils)?

1. lápizs
2. lápizes
3. lápices

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Nouns and Definite Articles

• The definite articles in Spanish can be used to
  say the with a specific noun.
• They have different forms that agree with their
  noun in gender and number.

MASCULINE FEMININE
SINGULAR el la
PLURAL los las
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Nouns and Definite Articles
Cómo es la profesora? Whats the teacher like?
La profesora es simpática. The teacher is friendly.
Quiénes son los muchachos allí? Who are the boys over there?
Son los compañeros de clase de Rafael. They are Rafaels classmates.
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The Preposition de

• The preposition de means of or from.
• De is used to show possession or relationship.
• Es el carro de Ernesto.
• Its Ernestos car.
• Son los amigos de la profesora.
• Theyre the teachers friends.
• Spanish does not use s like we do in English.

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The Preposition de

• In addition, de can be used to indicate what type
  of thing youre describing.
• los libros de aventuras
• adventure books
• las peliculas de misterio
• mystery movies

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The Preposition de

• The word de is also used to say where someone is
  from.
• Julio es de Costa Rica.
• Julio is from Costa Rica.

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The Preposition de

• The preposition de followed by el makes the
  contraction del.
• el correo electrónico del profesor
• the teachers email address

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How would you say My friends videogames

1. Los videojuegos mis amigos.
2. Los videojuegos de mis amigos.
3. Mis amigos videojuegos.

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Which definite article is used with pizza.

1. el
2. la

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How would you say Scary movies

1. Las terror películas
2. Terror de las películas
3. Las peliculas de terror

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How would you say We are from Texas.

1. Nosotros sois de Texas.
2. Nosotros somos de Texas.
3. Nosotros son de Texas.

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How would you say You (formal/plural) are from
Spain.

1. Usted es de España.
2. De España son Ustedes.
3. Ustedes son de España.

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Which definite article is used with deportes.

1. los
2. las

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How would you say She is from Puerto Rico.

1. Ella es de Puerto Rico.
2. Ella soy de Puerto Rico.
3. De Puerto Rico es Ella.

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How would you say Ernestos birthday

1. Ernestos cumpleaños
2. Ernesto del cumpleaños
3. El cumpleaños de Ernesto

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How would you say Roberts animals

1. Robertos Animales
2. Los Animales Roberto
3. Los animales de Roberto

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Which definite article is used with helado.

1. el
2. la

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How would you say Spanish teacher

1. La profesora de español
2. La profesora español
3. de español la profesora

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Which definite article is used with carros.

1. los
2. las

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What does el libro del profesor mean?

1. The teachers book
2. The teacher of the book
3. The book of teachers

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How would you say Science Fiction books

1. Los libros de ciencia ficción
2. De ciencia ficción los libros.
3. Los de ciencia ficción libros

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Which definite article is used with hamburguesas.

1. los
2. las

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