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Los artículos definidos(Definite articles)

Vocabulario

El perro

El gato

La ballena

El delfín

El caballo

El León

La gallina/El pollo

La culebra/La víbora

El ratón

El elefante

El mono/El chango

El tigre

El tiburón

El zapo/La rana

El puerco/ El cerdo

El pájaro

La vaca

La tortuga

La cebra

La jirafa

El oso

El camello

El pingüino

El canguro

El burro

El conejo

La lechuza

Definite articles are usually placed before a noun

Sustantivos(Nouns)

What are definite Articles?

Definite Articles el, los, La, las

The

Gender

In Spanish all nouns have a gender Definite articles also have a gender

Masculine Feminine

Due to this fact definite articles and nouns have to agree on their gender

Number

Definite articles and nouns can also be plural or singular

Singular meaning only one 1

Plural meaning two or more2…

Due to this fact definite articles and nouns have to agree on their number also

So how do we know if a definite article is masculine or feminine,

plural or singular

Definite articles have 4 distinct forms

Masculine Masculine singular plural

el Los Feminine Feminine singular plural

la las

We use the definitive article the when we want to talk about

a particular or specific noun.

When using definite articles with nouns make sure they match the

gender and the number

Just as a reviewMaking nouns plural

1)Nouns that end with a vowel add s2)Nouns that end with a consonant other than z add es

3) Nouns that end with z add es and replaced the z with a c

How to recognized masculine and feminine nouns

1)Nouns that end with a are usually feminine2)Nouns that end with o are usually masculine

Some nouns that end with n and e could also be masculine

Ejemplo: The dog (Perro)

Dog is a masculine singular nounEl is the masculine singular article

El perro

Ejemplo: The whale (ballena)

Whale is a feminine singular nounLa is the feminine singular article

La ballena

Ejemplo: The dolphin (Delfín)

Delfín is a masculine singular nounEl is the masculine singular article

El Delfín

Ejemplo: The chickens (gallinas)

Chickens is a feminine plural nounLas is the feminine plural article

Las gallinas

Tu turno(your turn)

León

El León

Leones

Los leones

ratón

El ratón

ratones

Los ratones

elefante

El elefante

elefantes

Los elefantes

tiburón

El tiburón

tiburones

Los tiburones

ballena

La ballena

ballenas

Las ballenas

vaca

La vaca

vacas

Las vacas

tortuga

La tortuga

tortugas

Las tortugas

rana

La rana

ranas

Las ranas

culebra

La culebra

puerco

El puerco

Photo credits

Mrs. MastnyAnthony Mastny

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