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Nouns

Nouns. NOUNS. Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things. NOUNS. In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine. Masculine / Feminine. Most nouns that end in -o are masculine. Masculine / Feminine. Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.

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Nouns

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  1. Nouns

  2. NOUNS • Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things.

  3. NOUNS • In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.

  4. Masculine / Feminine • Most nouns that end in -o are masculine.

  5. Masculine / Feminine • Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.

  6. Masculine / Feminine • For example: el libro la calculadora • An exception: el día

  7. Other Spanish Nouns • Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant.

  8. Other Spanish Nouns • For example: el cine el marcador la clase la televisión

  9. Other Spanish Nouns • Some can be both masculine and feminine: el/la estudiante

  10. Making Nouns Plural • To make nouns plural you usually add -s to words ending in a vowel and -es to words ending in a consonant. • silla sillas • teclado teclados • cartel carteles

  11. Making Nouns Plural • Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural. • El lápiz los lápices

  12. Definite Articles • El , La , Los and Las are called definite articles. • In English they mean “the”

  13. Definite Articles • We use El and Los with masculine nouns and La and Las with feminine nouns.

  14. Indefinite Articles • Un, Una, Unos, and Unas are indefinite articles.

  15. Indefinite Articles • Un and Una mean “a or an” in English.

  16. Indefinite Articles • Unos and Unas mean “some” in English.

  17. Indefinite Articles • Un and Unos are masculine and Una and Unas are feminine.

  18. It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article, el or la, because that will usually tell you the gender.

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