Gender and Number - ¡La Clase de...
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Gender and Number
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Gender and Number
Nouns and Articles
Nouns are words that refer to:• People• Places• Things
In Spanish, all nouns are considered either masculine or feminine.
el diccionario la mochila
MASCULINE FEMININE
Typically, nouns that refer to males are masculine and nouns that refer to females are feminine.
el profesor (male teacher) la profesora (female teacher)
Nouns and Articles
So what about all the nouns that refer to things and not people?
The GENDER (masculine/feminine) of nouns that refer toinanimate objects is arbitrary!
Then how do you know whether a noun is masculine or feminine?
Typically nouns that end in –o are masculine and nouns that end in – a are feminine.
Masculine Feminine
diccionario
libro
cuaderno
calculadora
mochila
carpeta
Nouns and Articles
HOWEVER…
There are many nouns that do NOT end in –o or -a:
papel lápiz marcador
So what do you do with these words?
MEMORIZE THEM!
There are also many exceptions to the guideline:
el mapa la mano
Nouns and Definite Articles
Nouns in Spanish are typically accompanied by an article.
o One kind of article is a DEFINITE ARTICLE
What is the definite article we use in English?
THE
o In Spanish, there are four different ways to say “the”:
EL
LA
LOS
LAS
Why are there so many different ways
to say “the”?
Because it has to match the noun it accompanies in two
ways:
1. Masculine / Feminine
2. Singular / Plural
Nouns and Definite Articles
For example:
COMPUTADORA
Is the noun “computadora”a masculine word or a feminine word?
FEMININE!
Is it singular or plural?
SINGULAR!
So the article we use to say “the computer” in Spanish is…
LA COMPUTADORA
Nouns and Definite Articles
For example:
CUADERNOS
Is the noun “cuadernos” a masculine word or a feminine word?
MASCULNE!
Is it singular or plural?
PLURAL!
So the article we use to say “the notebooks” in Spanish is…
LOS CUADERNOS
Complete each sentence with the correct definite article (EL / LA / LOS / LAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
Yo necesito __________ libro de matemáticas.
A B CD
E
F
GH
EL
Complete each sentence with the correct definite article (EL / LA / LOS / LAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
Yo no tengo__________ papeles.
A B CD
E
F
GH
LOS
Complete each sentence with the correct definite article (EL / LA / LOS / LAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
Yo necesito ___________ tijeras para la clase de arte.
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LAS
Complete each sentence with the correct definite article (EL / LA / LOS / LAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
¿De quién es ___________ pluma?
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LA
Nouns and Indefinite Articles
In addition to using definite articles to say “the”, we also use INDEFINITE ARTICLES
What are the indefinite articles we use in English?
A & AN
o Just like there are four ways to say “the” in Spanish, there are also four ways to say “a / an” depending on if the noun is masculine/feminine and singular/plural:
UN
UNA
UNOS
UNAS
MASCULINE
FEMININE
The plural forms UNOS & UNAS are often used to say
“some, any or few”
Ex: unos papelessome papers
Complete each sentence with the correct indefinite article (UN / UNA / UNOS / UNAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
___________ gomas están en mi mochila.
A B CD
E
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GH
UNAS
Complete each sentence with the correct definite article (UN / UNA / UNOS / UNAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
¿Dónde está ___________ cuaderno de ciencias?
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F
GH
UN
Complete each sentence with the correct definite article (UN / UNA / UNOS / UNAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
Yo necesito ___________ regla.
A B CD
E
F
GH
UNA
Complete each sentence with the correct definite article (UN / UNA / UNOS / UNAS). Then identify the picture that corresponds with the statement.
Yo prefiero ___________ lápices.
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E
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GH
UNOS
Making Nouns Plural
el cuaderno los cuadernos
If a noun ends in a vowel (A, E, I, O, U), then you add…
-S
…to make it plural
What else has to change when you make a noun plural?
The ARTICLE!
Write the plural form of each noun. Make sure to include theapropriate definite article (el, la , los, las).
el libro
la regla
la pluma
Los libros
Las reglas
Las plumas
Making Nouns Plural
el papel los papeles
If a noun ends in a consonant, then you add…
-ES
…to make it plural
Don’t forget to change make the article plural as well!!!
For example…
el marcador
Los marcadores
Making Nouns Plural
el lápiz los lápices
If a noun ends in a -Z, then you…
1) Change the –Z to –C
2) Add -ES
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