Chapter 1 Grammar Rules

Question 1

What is a noun?

Answer 1

A person, place, or thing.

Question 2

In Spanish, all nouns are what?

Answer 2

Masculine and Feminine

Question 3

What are the Definite Articles?

Answer 3

El (singular, masculine)
La (singular, feminine)
Los (plural, masculine)
Las (plural, feminine)

-They all mean ‘the’.

Question 4

What changes the Definite Articles?

Answer 4

The gender of the noun (masculine or feminine) and the number (singular or plural).

Question 5

How to make a noun plural?

Answer 5

-If it ends in a vowel, add a -s to the end.
-If it ends in a consonant, add an -es to the end.
-Use ‘los’ or ‘las’ depending on the gender.

Question 6

What are the Indefinite Articles?

Answer 6

Un (singular, masculine)
Una (singular, feminine)
Unos (plural, masculine)
Unas (plural, feminine)

-The singular means ‘a’ or ‘an’.
-The plural means ‘some’

Question 7

What is an adjective?

Answer 7

A word that describes a noun.

Question 8

Where do we place adjectives?

Answer 8

After the noun it describes.

Question 9

What are the Rules for Adjectives?

Answer 9

-They must agree with the noun’s gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural).
-If singular, put -o at the end for masculine and -a at the end for feminine. Leave as is if it doesn’t end in an ‘a’ or an ‘o’.
-If plural, put -os at the end for masculine and -as at the end for feminine. Otherwise, add an -s or -es.