1.1 - Sustantivos y artículos

1.1 - Sustantivos y artículos

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A noun is a word used to identify...

• people, animales, places, things, & ideas

• actions

• characteristics

In Spanish all nouns have...

• gender (masculine or feminine)

• AND

• number (singular or plural)

Masculine Nouns

• In general, you can tell if a noun that refers to a living thing is masculine if it ends in:

• -o

• -or

• -ista

Feminine Nouns

• In general, you can tell if a noun that refers to a living thing is feminine if it ends in:

• -a

• -ora

• -ista

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Is this noun masculine or feminine: la niña

• masculine

• feminine

Multiple Choice

Is this noun masculine or feminine: el gato

• masculine

• feminine

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Is this noun masculine or feminine: la traductora

• masculine

• feminine

Multiple Choice

Select the masculine noun.

• la maestra

• la tourista

• el estudiante

• la mujer

Masculine nouns - Non Living Things

• Generally a noun that refers to non-living things is masculine if it ends in:

• -o

• -ma

• -s (*-os = masculine, -as = feminine)

Feminine nouns - Non Living Things

• Generally a noun that refers to non-living things is masculine if it ends in:

• -a

• -ión

• -dad

• *-as = feminine & plural

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Select the feminine nouns.

• la comunidad

• el diccionario

• la conversación

• el país

• la cosa

Multiple Select

Select the masculine nouns.

• la nacionalidad

• el video

• el problema

• el país

• la canción

Common exceptions

• el día

• la foto (la fotografía)

• la mano

• el mapa

Making nouns plural

• If it ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add s

• If it ends in a consonant (other than z), add es

• If it ends in z, change the z to a c, then add es

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Make this noun plural: el libro

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Make this noun plural: la mujer

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Make this noun plural: el pez

Multiple Choice

What is the singular form of this noun? - las comunidades

• la comunidade

• la comunidad

• las comunidad

• las comunidades

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What is the singular form of this noun? - los lápices

• el lápice

• el lápic

• el lápiz

• los lápice

Definite Articles

• mean "the"

• need to match the noun in gender and number

• ***masculine singular is NOT lo

• refer to specific nouns

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct definite article for this noun: chico

• el

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct definite article for this noun: hombres

• el

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct definite article for this noun: calculadoras

• el

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct definite article for this noun: maleta

• el

• la

• los

• las

Indefinite Articles

• mean "a", "an" or "some"

• need to match the noun in gender and number

• ***masculine singular is NOT uno, that means 1

• refer to unspecified nouns

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct indefinite article for this noun: escuelas

• un

• una

• unos

• unas

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct indefinite article for this noun: libro

• un

• una

• unos

• unas

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct indefinite article for this noun: chica

• un

• una

• unos

• unas

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct indefinite article for this noun: problemas

• un

• una

• unos

• unas

Multiple Select

Is this noun masculine or feminine? Is it singular or plural? - el diccionario

• masculine

• feminine

• singular

• plural

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Is this noun masculine or feminine? Is it singular or plural? - unas lecciones

• masculine

• feminine

• singular

• plural

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What definite article should be used with the noun, chicos?

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What indefinite article should be used with the noun, maestra?