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Definite & Indefinite Articles. Noun Gender. In español, all nouns have either a masculine or feminine gender. Masculine nouns mostly end in the letter –o Feminine nouns mostly end in the letter –a PLEASE NOTE:
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Noun Gender • In español, all nouns have either a masculine or feminine gender. • Masculine nouns mostly end in the letter –o • Feminine nouns mostly end in the letter –a • PLEASE NOTE: • Sometimes nouns have gender irregularity; there is no way to know when this will happen!
Making Nouns Plural Nouns ending in VOWELS Nouns ending in CONSONANTS • Add –s to make plural • Estudiante estudiantes • Pizza pizzas • Add –es to make a noun plural • fenomenal fenomenales • animal animales
Gender/Adjective Practice Write the correct subject/adjective agreement for each sentence. Example: Ana María es graciosa. • Eva y Clara son (activo) . • Ana es (trabajador) . • Steve y Rosita son (inteligente) . • Luis y Richard son (seria) . • Perla y Sandra son (pelirrojo) . activas trabajadora inteligentes serios pelirrojas
Definite Articles • Used to say thewith a noun when we want to point it out • Use with gustar to talk about a noun as a general category
Definite Articles Practice Write the correct definite article for each noun. • campanas • armario • mesa • perra • fotos • león Las El La Make sure to pay attention to the noun endings!! La Las El
Indefinite Articles • Used to say a, an & somewith a noun • As with definite articles, indefinite articles MUST agree in numberand gender!!
Indefinite Articles Practice Fill in the correct indefinite article for each sentence. • Necesito campanas. • Necesito revista. • Necesito artículo. • Necesito fotos. unas una un unas
Articles Practice Which article – the definite or indefinite – would you use in each of the situations? • You’re in español and forgot your pencil. You ask your teacher for a pencil: Necesito lapiz. • You see a certain pair of bright red pants in the store window and fall in love with them. You tell the salesperson: Quiero pantalones rojos. • Your little brother takes the last apple, which you were about to eat. You tell him: ¡Dame manzana! • You decide to have fries with your lunch. You tell the cashier at Wendy’s: papas fritas, por favor. un los la Unas
Articles Breakdown • Singular andmasculine=el or un • El helado • Un muchacho Soy un muchacho guapo. Me gusta el futból.
Articles Breakdown • Singular andfeminine=laor una • lamúsica • unamuchacha Soy una muchacha. Me gusta la música.
Articles Breakdown • Plural andmasculine=losorunos • los deportes • Unos muchachos Somos unos muchachos comicos. Nos gustan los animales.
Articles Breakdown • Plural andfeminine=lasor unas • lasfrutas • unasmuchachas Somos unas muchachas. Nos gustan las frutas.
Exceptions • When a feminine and singular noun begins with a stressed á, a, or ha, the masculine definite article is used instead, to aide in pronunciation. When the same noun is plural, the regular feminine article is used.
Exceptions • When a feminine and singular noun begins with a stressed á, a, or ha, the masculine indefinite article is used instead to aide in pronunciation. When the same noun is plural, the feminine article is used.
