Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives

Question 1

What are the feminine definite articles?

Answer 1

La, las

Question 2

What are the masculine definite articles?

Answer 2

El, los

Question 3

La

Answer 3

The (female)

Question 4

El

Answer 4

The (male)

Question 5

Las

Answer 5

The plural (all female)

Question 6

Los

Answer 6

The plural (all male or male and female)

Question 7

Which nouns are masculine?

Answer 7

Most that end in o, others to be learned, and some that end in -a or -ma.

Question 8

Which nouns are feminine?

Answer 8

Most that end in a, a few that end in o, and others to learn. Also those that end in:
-ción
-sión
-dad
-tad
-tud

Question 9

What gender are nouns ending in -ista?

Answer 9

Either masculine or feminine, depending on whether it refers to a male or a female. The article indicates the gender of the noun.

Question 10

What gender are nouns ending in -nte?

Answer 10

Either masculine or feminine, depending on whether it refers to a male or a female. The article indicates the gender of the noun.

Question 11

What noun endings can be either masculine or feminine, depending on whether it refers to a male or a female?

Answer 11

-ista
-nte

Question 12

How do you form masculine plural nouns?

Answer 12

1. If it ends in a vowel add an -s at the end.
2. If it ends in a consonant add an -es at the end.

Question 13

How do you form feminine plural nouns?

Answer 13

1. If it ends in a vowel add an -s at the end.
2. If it ends in a consonant add an -es at the end.

Question 14

What are the masculine indefinite articles?

Answer 14

Un, unos

Question 15

What are the feminine indefinite articles?

Answer 15

Una, unas

Question 16

Un

Answer 16

A (masculine singular)

Question 17

Una

Answer 17

A (feminine singular)

Question 18

Unos

Answer 18

Some (masculine plural)

Question 19

Unas

Answer 19

Some (feminine plural)

Question 20

How does an adjective agree with a noun?

Answer 20

In gender and number

Question 21

Where does an adjective go?

Answer 21

Almost always following the noun it describes

Question 22

What happens to adjectives the end in o in the singular?

Answer 22

1. They are masculine in form and agree with a masculine noun
2. To make the feminine version, replace o with a

Question 23

How do adjectives that end in anything but o change in the singular?

Answer 23

They have the same form for describing masculine and feminine nouns. They don’t change. This is only for adjectives that don’t end in o.

Question 24

How do you make plural adjectives?

Answer 24

1. If they end in a vowel, add -s
2. If the end in a consonant, add -es