Post on 25-Jan-2016
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What are nouns?What is different about nouns in Spanish vs. nouns in English?
All nouns have gender. (i.e. masculine & feminine)
el muchacho (masculino)
la muchacha (femenina)
La profesora (femenina)
El estudiante (masculino)
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Spanish is also different from English because there are many ways to say “the” in Spanish.
•El (masculino singular)
•La (femenina singular
•Los (masculino plural
•Las (femenina plural)
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Usually a noun is masculine if it ends in…
o and feminine if it ends in…
a However, when a word ends in any other letter (z, e, r, etc.) you need to memorize the definite article with the noun.
•Here are some examples of nouns that end in consonants:el lápiz (masculino)la clase (femenina)la madre (femenina)
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When nouns identify only one item, they are singular.
Here are some examples of nouns that in the singular form:
el señor (masculine)
la blusa (feminine)
la profesora (feminine)
el estudiante (masculine)
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When nouns identify more than one item, they are plural.
Here are some examples of nouns that in the plural form:
los señores (masculine)
las profesoras (feminine)
los estudiantes (masculine)
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In Spanish, the definite article that accompanies a noun will match its gender and number.
el papel (singular)
los papeles (plural)
La casa (singular)
Las casas (plural)
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Some nouns have 1 form that are both masculine and feminine.
el estudiantela estudiante
el modelola modeloel policíala policíaEl artistaLa artista
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A noun may sometimes appear with an indefinite article. In English the INDEFINITE articles are “a” or “some”.
The indefinite articles that accompanies a nouns will also match its gender and number.
What are the indefinite articles in Spanish?
un muchacho unos muchachosuna muchacha unas muchachas
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padre
un
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casa
una
profesores
unos
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estudiantes
unos, unas
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zapatos
unos
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modelos
unos, unas
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amiga
una
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profesor
un
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