Articles & Noun- Adjective AgreementEssential Question:

How do I use articles and adjectives to agree with nouns?

Agreement:

Articles and adjectives match the gender and number of the nouns they describe

Remember that every noun is either masculine or feminine!!!

Nouns ending in –o = usually masculine

Nouns ending in –a = usually feminine

Articles

Articles are a part of speech that come before nouns

Definite articles: used with nouns to indicate specific persons, places, or things (the)

Indefinite articles: used with nouns to indicate nonspecific persons, places, or things (a, an, some)

Los artículos definidos“the”

Masculino Femenino Singular Singular

el chico la chica the boy the girl

Plural Plural los chicos las chicas the boys the girls

Los artículos indefinidos“a / an/ some”

Masculino Femenino Singular Singular

un chico una chica a boy a girl

Plural Plural unos chicos unas chicas some boys some girls

Práctica

Fill in the blanks with the correct article!

____ maestra (the)

____ libros (some)

____ chico (a)

____ futboleros (the)

____ manzanas (the)

____ hermanas (some)

BRAINSTORM!

Think back to last year & record as many adjectives you can remember!

Nota: How do you say short, tall, intelligent, young, etc.

Adjetivos - Personalidad artístico(a) – artistic

atlético(a) – athletic

bueno(a) – good

cómico(a) – funny

desorganizado(a) – unorganized

estudioso(a) – studious

inteligente – intelligent

malo(a) – bad

organizado(a) – organized

perezoso(a) – lazy

serio(a) – serious

simpático(a) – nice

trabajador(a) – hard-working

Adjetivos – Aparencia

alto(a) – tall

bajo(a) – short

bonito(a) – pretty

grande – big, large, great

guapo(a) – good-looking

joven (pl. jovenes) – young

pelirrojo(a) – red-haired

pequeño(a) – small

viejo(a) – old

Tengo… - I have

Tiene… - He/She has… Pelo rubio – blond

hair Pelo castaño –

brown hair

Nota:

In English, the adjectives usually come before the noun. Ejemplo: The pretty woman.

In Spanish, the adjectives come after the noun. Ejemplo: La mujer bonita.

Masculine

Singular: Plural: El chico alto - Los chicos

altos

The tall boy - The tall boys

Feminine

Singular Plural La chica alta - las chicas

altas

The tall girl - the tall girls

Exceptions

Adjectives that end in –e match both genders El maestro inteligente

La maestra inteligente

Exceptions

Many adjectives that end in a consonant match both genders El amigo joven

La amiga joven

Pluralize!

To make an adjective plural, add –s if it ends in a vowel

Add –es if it ends in a consonant Las chicas trabajadoras

Los chicos trabajadores

Exceptions

Some adjectives that end in a consonant add –a to form the feminine singular. (¡Lo siento! You just have to

memorize them) El chico trabajador

La chica trabajadora

Práctica

Athletic : feminine/ singular

Tall: masculine/ plural

Intelligent: feminine /singular

Intelligent: feminine/ plural

Short: masculine/ plural