Definite Articles

Determining gender of a noun

GENDER=FEMININE?MASCULINE?

What makes something feminine?

- when the noun ends in “a”, “ion”, “ad” (or plural form of these: as, iones, ades)

What makes something masculine?

-when the noun ends in anything else

How to determine if noun is singular or pluralPlural= If the noun ends in an “s”Singular=If noun does not end in an

“s”

How do I make a noun plural?◦-add an “s” to a word that ends in a vowel

(a, e, i, o, u)◦ -add “es” to a word that ends in a

consonant◦ -if it ends in a “z”, make the “z “ into

a “c” and add “es”

Definite Articles El : theSingular/Masculine

Los: thePlural/Masculine

La: theSingular/Feminine

Las: thePlural/Feminine

When assigning a definite article to a noun it must agree with the noun in two ways:◦Gender (is it masculine or feminine?)◦Number (is it plural or singular?)1.) Determine if noun is singular or plural2.) Determine if noun is masculine or feminine3.) Look at chart and find matching article

EXAMPLECarros

◦-carros is plural (it ends in an “s”)◦-carros is masculine (it does NOT

end in a/ad/ion)◦Looking at the chart, the PM article

that agrees with my noun is “los”◦Los carros : the cars

Decide if the following nouns are singular/plural and masculine/feminine

CuadernoPupitresCarpetasPantallaLápices

Decide what article would go with the following nounsSillasLibrosVentanaBolígrafoComputadoras

Translate the following phrases using your vocab and definite articlesThe teacher desksThe flagThe backpacksThe mouseThe sheet of paper

Masculine or feminine/Singular or Plural______ blusa______ pantalones______traje de baño______ vestido______calcetines______faldas

Write the correct Definite Article

______ abrigo______sudaderas______botas______zapatos______gorra______suéter______falda______jeans______calcetines______traje

Indefinite Articles

Indefinite ArticlesUn: a/anSingular/Masculine

Unos: somePlural/Masculine

Una: a/anSingular/Feminine

Unas: somePlural/Feminine

Use the same rules as for finding what definite article to use: make it agree in gender and number

________ventana________horarios________mochilas________lápices________libro

Some foldersCarpetas- PFUnas carpetasA tableSome student desksA penSome chairs

_______ gorras_______camiseta_______traje_______pantalones cortos_______blusa

The sweaterSome shirtsA suitThe pantsThe jacketA coatThe bootsSome jeansSome shoesThe bathing suit