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Beginner: Basic Spanish Grammar nº3 :The articles
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Articulos/ Articles
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The word for ‘the’ depends on whether the noun it goes with is masculine, feminine, singular or plural.
Articulos definidos / The definitive articles
Masculino Singular
Femenino Singular
Masculino Plural
Femenino Plural
El La Los Las
Masculino Singular
Femenino Singular
Masculino Plural
Femenino Plural
El La Los Las
Articulos definidos / The definitive articles
El abuelo The grandfather
La fruta The fruit
Los billetes The tickets
Las palabras The words
The definite article is sometimes used in Spanish where we don’t use it in English:
1) It is used with languages (except with hablar and estudiar)
- El inglés es interesante/ English is interesting
- Hablo/estudio francés / I speak/study french
Articulos definidos/ The definitive articles
2) It is used with days of the week to mean “on… day/days”:
- Tengo que trabajar el sábado - I have to work on Saturday.
- Juego al fútbol los jueves- I play football on Thursdays
Articulos definidos/ The definitive articles
The word for ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘some’ also depends on whether the noun it goes with is masculine or feminine, singular or plural.
Articulos indefinidos/ The Indefinite article
Masculino singular
Femenino singular
Masculino plural
Femenino plural
Un Una Unos Unas
Masculino singular
Femenino singular
Masculino plural
Femenino plural
Un Una Unos Unas
Articulos indefinidos/ The Indefinite article
Un rio A river
Una moto A motorbike
Unos coches Some cars
Unas playas Some beaches
The indefinite article is sometimes not used in Spanish where we do use it in English
1) It isn’t used when stating somebody’s nationality or job:
Articulos indefinidos/ The Indefinite article
Es francés He’s a Frenchman
Es secretaria She’s a secretary
2) It isn’t used after the verb tener in negative sentences:
Articulos indefinidos/ The Indefinite article
No tengo hermanos I haven’t got a brother
3) When taliking about jobs, un and una are not used in Spanish where ‘a’ or ‘an’ is used in English.
Articulos indefinidos/ The Indefinite article
Mi padre es electricista My father’s an electrician
Mi madre es profesora My mother is a teacher
