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Los articulos definidos
Definite Articles
What is a definite article?
The
When is a definite article used?
It goes…
before a noun
What’s a noun?
A noun is…
a person, place or thing
How is a definite article used?
One of its four forms is placed before a noun
How do you know which Definite Article to chose?
1. The Definite Article must agree with the noun in…Gender and Quantity
or2. Memorization!
Gender & Quantity
Singular Plural
Masculine
el los
Feminine
la las
Gender & Quantity
What will the noun look like? Singular Noun Plural Noun
Masculine
o os
Feminine
a as
So what does that mean? That means that when a noun ends in
– “o” the definite article will be...
el– “a”, the definite article will be…
la – “os”, the definite article will be…
los– “as”, the definite article will be…
las
When will I need to MEMORIZE IT?
When it rejects the rules completely– It may end in an “O” but it doesn’t matter… it is feminine!
When it ends in a consonant When it ends in “e”
– Read carefully!!! When it ends in “ción”
– This is ALWAYS feminine– Ej. la natación
