nouns. gender of nouns 1. most nouns that end in –o are masculine while most nouns that end in...
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Nouns
Gender of nouns
1. Most nouns that end in –o are masculine while most nouns that end in –a are feminine.
Masculine Feminine
El libro La carpeta
El queso La manzana
Gender of nouns
2. Nouns that refer to males are masculine and nouns that refer to females are feminine.
Masculine Feminine
El profesor La profesora
El doctor La doctora
Gender of nouns
3. Nouns that refer to people and end in –e or –ista are masculine and feminine. Gender can be specified by articles.
Masculine Feminine
El artista La artista
El estudiante La estudiante
Gender of nouns
6. Nouns ending in –e (that do not refer to people) may be masculine or feminine. You will have to learn these on a case by case basis.
Masculine Feminine
El arte La clase
El guisante La gente
Gender of nouns
Let’s practice. Which of these nouns are masculine? feminine? _____ zanahoria _____ abuelo _____ regla _____ falda _____ horario
Plural of nouns
1. If a noun ends in a vowel, add –s to form the plural.
Singular Plural
La uva Las uvas
El plátano Los plátanos
El guisante Los guisantes
Plural of nouns
2. If a noun ends in a consonant, add –es to form the plural.
Singular Plural
La actividad Las actividades
El autobús Los autobúses
Plural of nouns
Let’s practice. Can you say these nouns in the plural form? La galleta El papel El muchacho La noche
Definite articles
There are four definite articles in Spanish.
Each of these articles means “the.”
Definite articles
Singular Plural
Masculine El Los
Feminine La Las
Definite articles
Let’s practice. Write the definite articles next to the nouns. _______ pizarra _______ hermanos _______ tío _______ camisetas _______ queso _______ abuela
Indefinite articles
There are four indefinite articles in Spanish
Un and una can mean “a” or “an. ”
Unos and unas can mean “some” or “a few.”
Indefinite articles
Singular Plural
Masculine
Un Unos
Feminine Una Unas
Indefinite articles
Let’s practice. Write the indefinite articles next to the nouns. _______ carpeta _______ plátano _______ servilletas _______ platos _______ tíos _______ prima