NOUNS & ARTICLES SUSTANTIVOS Y ARTÍCULOS In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories: Feminine Masculine (feminina) (masculino) or ________________ _________________ -Masculine nouns USUALLY O end in -___ el helado - Feminine nouns USUALLY A end in -___. la fruta SINGULAR nouns name 1 of something. • ____________ – the girl – the student – the apple PLURAL • _____________ nouns name more than 1 of something. – the girls – the students – the apples VOWEL (a,e,i,o,u) If a noun ends in a _________ “S” to make it plural. ADD _____ • chico chicos If a singular noun ends in a CONSONANT “ES” to _______________ (r,l,n..) ADD _____ make it plural. • trabajador trabajadores Al practicar chico chica fruta helado persona mu jer hombre chicos ________________ chicas ________________ frutas ________________ helados ________________ personas ________________ mujeres ________________ hombres ________________ Definite Articles “the” in • When we want to say _______ Spanish, we use Definite Articles. CHANGE • Definite Articles ______________ according to the ___________ gender of the noun and according to singular or whether the noun is __________ __________ plural Definite Articles: the MASCULINE SINGULAR PLURAL EL LOS FEMININE LA LAS Al practicar las galletas la galleta ________________ los refrescos el refresco ________________ los estudiantes el estudiante ________________ las estudiantes la estudiante ________________ las pizzas la pizza ________________ Indefinite Articles “a” “an” • When we want to say ____, ____, “some” in Spanish, we use or________ Indefinite Articles. • Indefinite Articles also CHANGE according to the ______________ ___________ gender of the noun and according to whether the noun is __________ plural or __________ singular Indefinite Articles: a/some MASCULINE SINGULAR PLURAL UN UNOS FEMININE UNA UNAS Al practicar un amigo una amiga un deporte un sombrero una pizza una fiesta unos amigos ________________ unas amigas ________________ unos deportes ________________ unos sombreros ________________ unas pizzas ________________ ________________ unas fiestas