Nouns and Definite/Indefinite Articles

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Nouns and Definite/Indefinite Articles
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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).
• Other Feminine endings for nouns are-dad, -ción,
  -tad
• Nouns such as cliente or estudieante can be
  either masculine or 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 (fruit) frutas (fruits)
• If a singular noun ends in a consonant, add es to
  make it plural.
• Estudiante (student ) estudiantes (students)
• animal (animal) animales (animals)
• If a noun ends in z, change the z to c and add
  es to make it plural.
• pez (Fish) peces (Fish (more than 1)_

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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 Indefinite Articles

• The indefinite articles in Spanish can be used to
  say a, an, or some with a specific noun.
• They have different forms that agree with their
  noun in gender and number.

MASCULINE FEMININE
SINGULAR Un Una
PLURAL Unos Unas
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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.