Singular vs. Plural

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Singular vs. Plural

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Singular vs. Plural. Basic Grammar Definitions. Singular. = one of something/someone. Plural. = more than one of something/someone. Noun. = person, place, thing (or idea). Definite Articles. A definite article is simply the word “the”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Singular vs. Plural

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Basic Grammar Definitions

Singular

Plural

= one of something/someone = more than one of something/someone

Noun = person, place, thing (or idea)

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Definite Articles

• A definite article is simply the word “the”.

• In Spanish, there are four definite articles. They all mean “the”.

• They are:

SINGULAR PLURALEL LOSLA LAS

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Making Nouns Plural

• If a noun ends in a vowel (a,e,i,o,u), you add an “s” to make it plural.

• If a noun ends in a consonant, you add an “es” to make it plural.

• El Los

• La Las

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SINGULAR PLURALEl muchacho Los muchachos

El colegio Los colegios

La alumna Las alumnas

La televisión Las televisiones

El papel Los papeles

La canción Las canciones

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SINGULAR PLURALLa amiga

El avión

La universidad

La clase

El jardín

El garaje

Now You Try:

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Gender of Nouns

• In Spanish, each noun has a gender (masculine or feminine).

• Masculine nouns use the definite articles “el” (singular) and “los” (plural).• Feminine nouns use the definite articles “la” (singular) and “las” (plural)

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Make 4 column nouns

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MASCULINE FEMININEEl muchacho Las muchachas

El colegio La amiga

Los alumnos Las papas

Los colegios Las televisiones

El papel La tía

• If a noun ends in “o” it is usually masculine.

• If a noun ends in “a”, it is usually feminine.

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Adjectives

•Adjectives must match the noun they are describing in gender (masculine or feminine) and plurality (singular or plural).

•Therefore, each adjective has four forms.

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El amigo es alto. Los amigos son altos.La amiga es atla. Las amigas son altas.

SINGULAR PLURAL

MASCULINE alto altos

FEMININE alta altas

NOTE: es -----> son

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Handout 4 column adjs