Agreement of , articles and adjectives

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Agreement of , articles and adjectives
Nouns
Nouns

• Remember rule. They dictate what
  gender (feminine/masculine) and number
  (singular/plural) the articles and the adjectives
  must be

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Remember, Nouns are persons, places or things

• The girl la chica
• The man el hombre
• A woman una mujer
• The house la casa
• An apartment un apartamento
• The school la escuela
• The hat el sombrero
• A shirt una camisa

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Articles

• We have two types of articles, definite and
  indefinite articles.
• The definite article in English is the.
• In Spanish we have four forms of the
• Masculine el Feminine la
• Masc. plural los Fem. plural las
• The indefinite article in English is a/an. In
  Spanish we have two forms for a/an, and two forms
  for the plural, some
• Masculine un Feminine una
• Masc. plural unos Fem. Plural unas

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Adjectivesare describing words

• singular plural
• masc. Fem. Masc.
  Fem.
• Beautiful bonito, bonita, bonitos, bonitas
• Fat gordo, gorda, gordos, gordas
• Big grande, grandes,
• Blue azul, azules,
• Brown marrón, marrones

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Nouns

• Nouns in Spanish are either masculine or
  feminine. Usually
• Nouns that end in o are masculine, like chico,
  pelo, perro, gato, vestido, zapato, etc.
• Nouns that end in a are feminine, like chica,
  camisa, falda, blusa, camiseta, etc.
• But other nouns will end in different letters, so
  that you will have to memorize them with an
  article to remember their gender, i.e.
• El suéter, el calcetín, el color, la comunidad,
  etc.

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Nouns

• Nouns that refer to people are naturally either
  feminine or masculine, like
• Un/el hombre Una/la mujer
• Un/el chico Una/la chica
• But most other nouns are feminine or masculine
  without any specific masculine or feminine
  meaning, like
• Un/el vestido which is masculine but is worn by
  females.
• Una/la camisa which is feminine but can be worn
  by males or females.

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What agrees with nouns?

• The article, definite or indefinite, and the
  adjective(s) must agree with the noun they refer
  to. Example
• Pablo lleva una camisa blanca y una chaqueta
  negra. (una and blanca must agree with camisa,
  not with Pablo).
• María lleva un sombrero rosado y unos zapatos
  rojos. (un and rosado must agree with sombrero,
  and unos y rojos must agree with zapatos, not
  with María).