Los pluralesplurals

What is a noun?¿Què es un sustantivo?A person, place, thing, or ideaUna persona, una lugar, una cosa, o un idea

What is an adjective?¿Què es un adjetivo?A word that describes a nounUna palabra que describe un sustantivo

What does plural mean?¿Qué significa plural?More than 1 of somethingMás de uno de algo

What does singular mean?¿Qué significa singular?One of somethingUno de algo

Just like in English, we modify our nouns to show when there is more than one involved. In English, most of the time we simply add S to the end of the word. There are LOTS of exceptions to that rule in English, though!

Rules and ExceptionsSpanish has only 3 rules and 2 exceptions to

those rules. It’s pretty easy to remember once you get the hang of it...

Rule #1If a word ends with a vowel, you simply add S

to the end of the word.abrazo gato maestro oso pollo maestra

Rule #2If a word ends with a consonant, you add ES

to the end of the word. canción actor doctor papel corazón

ExceptionsA. Any word that ends with a Z must change

the Z to a C and then follow Rule #2. lápiz

B. The article el (which means “the”) does not follow Rule 1 or Rule 2. It changes to los.

Rule #3Don’t forget, if you change a word’s number,

you have to change the article before the word so it all matches!el la

Let’s try these together...el gato la vaca la medicina el perro el escritorio el triangulo