Gramatica 1.1 Nouns and Articles Flashcards
El hombre
the man
La mujer
the woman
Many nouns that refer to males end in
-o or -or
El chico
the boy
El pasajero
the (male) passenger
El conductor
the (male) driver
El professor
the (male) teacher
the feminine forms of these words end in
-a or -ora
La chica
the girl
La pasajera
the (female) passenger
La conductora
the (female) driver
La profesora
the (female) teacher
for some nouns (like those that end in -ista)…
the masculine and feminine words are the same
you can tell the gender by the article
(el, la)
El Turista
the (male tourist)
La Turista
the (female) tourist
El joven
the young man
La joven
the young women
El estudiante
the (male) student
La estudiante
the (female) student
nouns ending in -o, -ma, -s are usually
masculine
El cuaderna
the notebook
El diario
the diary
El diccionario
The dictionary
El numero
the number
El video
the video
El problema
the problem
el programa
the program
EL autobus
the bus
El pais
the country
Nouns ending in -a, -cion, -dad are usually
feminine
La computadora
the computer
La coas
the thing
La escula
the school
La maleta
the suitcase
La palabra
the word
Le leccion
the lesson
La conversacion
the conversation
La nacionalidad
the nationality
La comunidad
the community
El mapa
the map
El dia
the day
La mano
the hand
to make any noun become plural…
add an -s to the end
los chicos
the boys
los diarios
the diaries
los problemas
the problems
for nouns that end in a consonant…
they end in -es
las nacionadlidades
the nationalities
los paises
the countries
for noun that end in z…
change the ending to -ces
los lapices
the pencils
when the singular version of the word has an accent at the end of the word the plural form…
drops the accent
las lecciones
los autobuses
use masculine forms when referring to a group that includes both
masculine and feminine groups
plural word for cuaderno
cuadernos
plural word for conversacion
conversaciones
plural word for estudiante
estudiantes
plural word for professor
profesores
plural word for chica
chicas
the definite articles in the spanish language is used when
talking about specific nouns
singular, masculine definite article
el
singular, feminine definite article
la
plural masculine definite article
los
plural feminine definite article
las
the indefinite articles (a, an, some) are used for
unspecified people or things
singular, masculine indefinite articles
un
singular, feminine indefinite articles
una
plural, masculine indefinite articles
unos
plural, feminine indefinite articles
unas
