NOUNS

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NOUNS

• GENDER

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GENDER

• All nouns are either feminine or masculine,
  whether they refer to a person, place, thing, or
  quality.
• Nouns are usually preceded by an article - EVEN
  IN CASES WHERE THE ARTICLE MIGHT NOT BE USED IN
  ENGLISH.

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GENDER -masculine

• Most nouns ending in -o are masculine
• el libro (the book)
• Some exceptions include
• la mano (the hand)
• la moto (the motorcycle)
• Some nouns ending in -ma which refer to
  non-concrete things are masculine
• el clima (the climate), el drama (the drama),
  el idioma (the language), el problema (the
  problem), el programa (the program), el sistema
  (the system), el tema (the theme)

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GENDER - feminine

• Most nouns ending in -a are feminine
• la mesa (the table)
• Some exceptions include
• el mapa (the map)
• el día (the day)
• All nouns ending in -ión, -dad, -tad, -tud,
  -umbre are feminine
• la estación (the station), la ciudad (the
  city),
• la libertad (liberty), la juventud (youth),
• la muchedumbre (the crowd)

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GENDER- nounsdefinite articles (the)

• el is the definite article that precedes
  masculine,singular nouns when you need to say
  the noun.
• El amigo, el libro, el béisbol (the friend, the
  book, baseball)
• La is the definite article that precedes
  feminine, singular nouns when you need to say
  the noun.
• La amiga, la pizza, la clase (the friend, the
  pizza, the class)

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GENDER - nounsdefinite articles - the

• El becomes los before masculine plural nouns.
• Los amigos, los libros( the friends, the books)
• La becomes las before feminine plural nouns.
• Las amigas, las pizzas, las clases ( the friends,
  the pizzas, the classes)

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GENDER - nounsdefinite articles

• Here is a summary of the definite articles
• 1. Use definite articles when you want to say
  the noun.
• 2. El is the definite article that comes before
  masculine singular nouns.
• 3. La is the definite article that comes before
  feminine singular nouns.
• 4. Los is the definite article that comes before
  masculine plural nouns.
• 5. Las is the definite article that comes before
  feminine plural nouns.

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DEFINITE ARTICLES CHART
El (ms) Los(mpl) La(fs)
Las (fpl)
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PRACTICAMOS!
Supply the appropriate definite article according
to the gender of the noun. día
fruta
pizza español música
ensalada tenis jazz natación año fútbo
l amigo cafetería señora chocolate carpe
ta número cuaderno tarea señor
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PRACTICAMOS!

• el día
• la pizza
• la música
• el tenis
• la natación
• el fútbol
• la cafetería
• el chocolate
• el número
• la tarea

• la fruta
• el español
• la ensalada
• el jazz
• el año
• el amigo
• la señora
• la carpeta
• el cuaderno
• el señor