Spanish Articles

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Spanish Articles
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• In Spanish we have two kinds of articles
• Indefinite articles (a, an, some)
• Definite articles (the)

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All nouns in Spanish are either masculine or
feminine. They have gender. You should always
MEMORIZE the article that goes with the noun.
This will always tell you whether the noun is
masculine or feminine.
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Spanish Definite Articles
Singular Plural
Masculine
Feminine
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How can you tell if a noun is masculine or
feminine?
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MASCULINE

• Nouns that end in o are generally masculine.
• el chico
• el libro
• el nacho

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FEMININE

• Nouns that end in a, cion, sion, or dad
  are generally feminine.
• la pizarra
• la educacion
• la mision
• la posiblidad

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ATTENTION!!!
There are always exceptions to the rules. Here
are just a few exceptions El dia El programa La
noche The special exceptions you definitely have
to MEMORIZE!!!!
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PLURAL NOUNS

• To make nouns plural, we usually just add an s
  to the end of the word.
• El chico los chicos
• La chica las chicas
• Dont forget to make the definite article plural
  as well as your noun!

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• To make nouns plural that end in a consonant, we
  add es to the end of the word.
• El papel los papeles
• El reloj los relojes
• La pared las paredes

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• To make nouns plural that end in a z, we drop
  the z and add ces
• El lapiz los lapices

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• It may be necessary to add or remove an accent
  mark when making a plural noun.
• el examen becomes los examenes
• La leccion becomes las lecciones