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The. In Spanish, unlike English, words (nouns) are divided into two groups – masculine (boy things) and feminine (girls things)…even though the word may have nothing to do either a boy or a girl!!! And the Spanish have a different word for ‘THE’ for each of these groups. La niña – The girl

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  1. The • In Spanish, unlike English, words (nouns) are divided into two groups – masculine (boy things) and feminine (girls things)…even though the word may have nothing to do either a boy or a girl!!! And the Spanish have a different word for ‘THE’ for each of these groups. • Laniña – The girl • Elniño – The boy Notice how the word ends in an ‘a’ for the girl and an ‘o’ for the boy? Most nouns that end in an ‘a’ are feminine and most nouns that end in an ‘o’ are masculine. • . And in Spanish the word ‘The’ also has to show if there are more than one of the word you are describing • Lasniñas - The girls • Losniños – The boys • Notice also how the noun has an ‘s’ on it to show it is plural?

  2. The • So in Spanish there are 4 words for ‘The’ La for feminine nouns Las for feminine plural nouns El for masculine nouns Los for masculine plural nouns

  3. Guess the ‘the’ • Casa • Escuela • Profesora • Iglesia • Día • Helado • Mano • La casa • La escuela • La profesora • La Iglesia • El día • El helado • La mano • Notice the exceptions to the rule?

  4. The • Nouns that do not end in an ‘a’ or an ‘o’ are also either masculine or feminine • La televisión – The television • Las televisiónes – The televisions • El árbol – The tree • Los árboles – The trees • El ordenador – The computer • Los ordendores – The computers • La bicicleta – the bicycle • Las bicicletas – the bicycles • Did you notices how the plural of words that do not end in ‘a or o’ make their plurals with an –es ??

  5. Definite Articles - The El for singular masculine words (ending in o) El vaso The glass Los for plural masculine words (ending in os) Los vasos The glasses La for singular feminine words (ending in a) La taza The cup Las for plural feminine words (ending in as) Las tazas The cups

  6. A or Some Just like the word for ‘The’ Spanish has 4 words for the English ‘A’ or ‘Some’ Unfor singular masculine noun Un vaso A glass Unos for plural masculine nouns Unosvasos Some glasses Una for singular feminine article Unataza A cup Unas for plural feminine articles Unastazas Some cups

  7. Some new words • El tenedor Fork • El cuchillo Knife • La cuchara Spoon • La mesa Table • El postre Pudding • La manzana Apple • El plátano Banana • La uva Grape • La pera Pear

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