We’ve been working with verbs (action), now we will work with a
few nouns. In English, words like “the,” “mi,” “a/an” are in front of
nouns: the book, my book, a book. We can make them plural: the
books, my books, some books. How do you pluralize in English?
Diario
11/08
Change from singular to plural en inglés:
1. the clock  the clocks
6. the parenthesis  the parentheses
2. the party  the parties 7. the phenomenonthe phenomena
3. the deer  the deer
8. the zero the zeros, the zeroes
4. the mouse  the mice
9. the die  the dice
5. the wolf  the wolves
10. the person  the persons,
the people
NOUNS
person, place,
thing, idea
Many
masculine
nouns end
in -o:
río
banco
piano
carro
masculine
NOUNS
person, place,
thing, idea
Many
feminine
nouns end
in –a:
casa
plaza
guitarra
familia
masculine
feminine
NOUNS
person, place,
thing, idea
For nouns that end
in other letters,
learn their
gender:
naríz (nose)  f.
árbol (tree)  m.
televisión (tv)  f.
parque (park)  m.
masculine
feminine
la clase
el mapa
la mano
Note: These are exceptions!
NOUNS
person, place,
thing, idea
Do not think of a
thing as “boy” or
“girl.” The gender
of a noun was
determined
sometime in the
history of the word
or from its origin
(Latin, Greek,
Arabic, etc.)
masculine
feminine
la clase
el mapa
la mano
NOUNS have gender & number.
person, place,
thing, idea
Remember the
gender is
assigned to the
noun! As an
English speaker
you are not
accustomed to
this detail.
masculine or
feminine
singular or
plural
masculine
feminine
la clase
el mapa
la mano
NOUNS have gender & number.
person, place,
thing, idea
Now …
let’s
make
things
plural.
masculine or
feminine
singular or
plural
masculine
feminine
la clase
el mapa
la mano
NOUNS have gender & number.
person, place,
thing, idea
masculine or
feminine
singular or
plural
los
masculine
feminine
las
la clase
el mapa
la mano
Changing the noun to plural
First, determine
the gender of
the noun (m/f),
and write the
definite article
(el/la).
el
(the man)
el
(the museum)
la
(the house)
la
(the woman)
el
(the hotel)
(the university)
“-s” or “-es”
Los hombres (the men)
Los museos (the museums)
Las casas
Las mujeres
Los hoteles
(the houses)
(the women)
(the hotels)
Las universidades
la
Second, look at
the last letter
of the word
and add:
(the universities)
Los gansos
Z  C spelling change
el
el
(the fish)
Los peces
(the fish)
(the pencil)
Los lápices
(the pencils)
la
(the cross)
Las cruces
(the crosses)
FYI:
“El pez” is fish as
in the living
being. Fish as a
food dish is “el
pescado.”
(Just like we say
“the beef” and
not “the cow”
when it’s a food
dish.)
Nouns are also used with these …
unos
unas
mis
tus
sus