Articles Flashcards
You don’t use an article with the following verbs:
Tener: no tengo coche- I haven’t got a car
Buscar
Llevar- to wear
But when you hsve sn sdjectove, you do:
Busca un piso pequeño- hes looking for a little flat
Indefinite article not used when talking about…
…jobs
Mi madre es enferma (nurse)
Indefinite article not used with the following words:
otro: otro libro another book cierto/a: cierta calle a certain street Cien: cien soldados a hundred soldiers Mil: mil años a thousand years Sin: sin casa without a house Que: ¡Qué sorpresa! What a surprise!
Lo
Lo can be used with a masculine singular adjective or past participle (the -ado and -ido forms of regular verbs) to form a noun
The only thing I don’t like
That’s the important thing
The good thing about it is that
Lo único que no me gusta
Esto es lo importante
Lo bueno de eso es que
Lo de
Lo can be used with de followed by a noun phrase to refer back to something the speaker and listener both know about.
That business with your brother worries me a lot
It would be best to forget what happened yesterday
Lo de tu hermano me preocupa
Lo de ayer es mejor que lo olvidas