Definite Articles

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Definite Articles

• Unidad 1 Etapa 2 pg.56

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Definite Articles with specific things

• If something is definite, its absolute, its
• Certain. There is no ambiguity what so
• ever.
• Definite articles are used before nouns.
• In English, we only have one definite
• article - the. In Spanish, there are four.

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Nouns

• Nouns name people, animals, places, things, or
• Ideas.
• 1. In Spanish, nouns have masculine and
• feminine gender
• a. el chico (masculine nouns usually end in o)
• b. la chica (feminine nouns usually end in a)

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Nouns

• 2. When nouns identify one item, they are
• singular
• a. el amigo (masculine, singular)
• b. la amiga (feminine, singular)
• 3. When nouns identify more than one item, they
  are plural
• a. los amigos (masculine, plural)
• b. las amigas (feminine, plural)

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Definite Articles
Singular Plural
Masculine el los
Feminine la las
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Ejemplos

• 1. La casa es grande. (the article, the noun,
• and the adjective are all feminine and singular)
• The house is big.
• We use the definite article la because we are
• talking about one house in particular, not any
• old house.
• 2. Los chicos son altos. (notice that the
  article,
• the noun, and the adjective are all masculine
• and plural) The boys are tall.
• We use the definite article los because we are
  talking about specific boys, not any old
  boys.